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The Spurs will play their third game in the NBA Cup tonight against the Jazz, whom they have already met three times this season. Tonight should be the final meeting between Utah and San Antonio unless they somehow meet in one of the two games added for teams that don’t make it to the knockout rounds. The Spur play their fourth and final NBA Cup game against the Suns next Tuesday and will need to win both tonight and next Tuesday to have a chance of advancing to the knockout rounds, which begin on December 10 and 11, and the semi-finals in December. 14, and finals on the 17th. Teams that do not advance to the knockout rounds will play their matches in the same week as the knockout tournament.

Even if they win both remaining Cup games, the Spurs will likely need a number of teams ahead of them in the wild-card standings to lose or they will have to increase the score enough to break the Mavericks’ 40-plus point lead in the point to overcome. differential.

Okay, that’s a lot of explanation for what is simply a regular season game against one of the worst teams in the league that the Spurs have already beaten twice out of their three meetings. The Spurs won both games in San Antonio, and Utah won a one-point squeaker at home on November 9, 111-110. The Silver and Black are currently on a three-game winning streak, and if they win tonight, they could have their first four-game win streak since March 28, 2022.

On paper, the Spurs should roll over the tanking Jazz with ease, but with Collin Sexton and Lauri Markkanen, they have enough talent to beat the Spurs if they don’t give their best. This is the first night of a back-to-back for the Spurs, who play the Lakers tomorrow, so they’ll want to put the Jazz away early and try to get some extra time off for the starters before tomorrow’s game against a play -offcandidate. .

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Mitch Johnson will fill in for Keldon Johnson after KJ missed a defensive rotation.

One last word:

Go Spurs GOOOOOO!!

San Antonio Spurs at Utah Jazz
November 26, 2024 | 8:00 PM CT
Streaming: NBA League Pass
TV: Fanduel Sports Southwest

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