Jazz vs Spurs Tonight: San Antonio Goes for a Fifth Straight Win Behind Wembanyama, With Utah Short-Handed in the Frontcourt
The Spurs, 4-2 and winners of four straight, host the 1-5 Jazz at 7:30 p.m. CT at Frost Bank Center - five days after beating Utah 117-111 behind 36 points from Victor Wembanyama, who is averaging 28 points a game.
The search is 'jazz vs spurs,' and the game is in San Antonio. The Spurs host the Utah Jazz on Monday night at Frost Bank Center, with tip-off set for 7:30 p.m. CT, in a rematch of a game played just five days ago - and the home team is rolling. San Antonio is 4-2 and has won four straight after dropping its first two games of the season, according to Sports Illustrated's and Hoops Nightly's Monday reports, both read this run.
The first meeting explains the interest. On October 28 in Utah, the Spurs won 117-111 behind a 36-point performance from Victor Wembanyama, Pounding The Rock reported. Wembanyama is averaging 28.0 points a game through six games, Hoops Nightly reported, with 29, 36 and 43 points in his last three outings - and Utah's frontcourt, the part of the roster built to bother him, is the part that is missing.
Utah arrives at 1-5 and short-handed inside. Jaren Jackson Jr. (knee) and Jusuf Nurkic (foot) are both out, along with Trey Alexander, according to the injury lists carried by Pounding The Rock and Hoops Nightly; Lauri Markkanen, who missed the first meeting, is back in Utah's lineup, Pounding The Rock reported, and Keyonte George, at 21.7 points a game, is the Jazz guard San Antonio has to contain. The Spurs are without Tobias Harris (calf) and Jayden Quaintance, per the same reports.
No result is claimed here - the game had not tipped when this file was staged. Oddsmakers made San Antonio a heavy home favorite (15.5 points, per Sports Illustrated), and a fifth straight win is the ask before Dallas visits on Wednesday, Hoops Nightly noted. The result files on tonight's game-night cycle.
