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Washington hosts San Antonio on 9-game home slide
The Canadian Press
San Antonio Spurs (22-28, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (9-43, 15th in the Eastern Conference)
Washington; Monday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Washington hosts San Antonio looking to break its nine-game home skid.
The Wizards have gone 5-22 in home games. Washington is 4-38 in games decided by at least 10 points.
The Spurs are 9-15 on the road. San Antonio ranks sixth in the Western Conference with 16.3 fast break points per game led by De'Aaron Fox averaging 3.2.
The Wizards average 107.9 points per game, 6.4 fewer points than the 114.3 the Spurs give up. The Spurs average 13.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.7 fewer makes per game than the Wizards allow.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jordan Poole is scoring 20.8 points per game with 3.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists for the Wizards. Bilal Coulibaly is averaging 14.1 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 43.0% over the past 10 games.
Victor Wembanyama is averaging 24.3 points, 10.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 3.9 blocks for the Spurs. Devin Vassell is averaging 17.4 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Wizards: 3-7, averaging 107.1 points, 44.3 rebounds, 25.6 assists, 7.0 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 43.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 117.7 points per game.
Spurs: 3-7, averaging 117.0 points, 43.7 rebounds, 30.3 assists, 9.1 steals and 5.6 blocks per game while shooting 48.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 120.7 points.
INJURIES: Wizards: Saddiq Bey: out (knee), Anthony Gill: day to day (ankle), Kyshawn George: day to day (ankle), Alex Len: day to day (trade pending), Khris Middleton: day to day (rest), Alex Sarr: day to day (ankle), Marcus Smart: out (trade pending), Colby Jones: day to day (trade pending).
Spurs: Charles Bassey: day to day (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.