Brooklyn hosts San Antonio following Wembanyama's 42-point game

Updated Dec. 27, 2024 2:01 a.m. ET

Associated Press

San Antonio Spurs (15-15, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (12-18, 11th in the Eastern Conference)

New York; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Spurs -7.5; over/under is 213

BOTTOM LINE: San Antonio visits the Brooklyn Nets after Victor Wembanyama scored 42 points in the Spurs' 117-114 loss to the New York Knicks.

The Nets have gone 5-8 at home. Brooklyn is fifth in the NBA averaging 14.8 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 37.4% from deep. Cameron Johnson leads the team averaging 3.2 makes while shooting 42.9% from 3-point range.

The Spurs are 4-8 in road games. San Antonio allows 112.8 points to opponents and has been outscored by 1.1 points per game.

The Nets are shooting 45.4% from the field this season, 0.7 percentage points lower than the 46.1% the Spurs allow to opponents. The Spurs' 45.8% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.9 percentage points lower than the Nets have given up to their opponents (48.7%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Johnson is shooting 49.2% and averaging 19.5 points for the Nets.

Chris Paul is averaging 9.8 points and 8.3 assists for the Spurs.

LAST 10 GAMES: Nets: 3-7, averaging 102.7 points, 40.6 rebounds, 23.6 assists, 8.9 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 42.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 111.5 points per game.

Spurs: 4-6, averaging 112.8 points, 46.0 rebounds, 29.5 assists, 7.5 steals and 7.5 blocks per game while shooting 45.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 116.9 points.

INJURIES: Nets: Ziaire Williams: day to day (knee), Bojan Bogdanovic: out (foot), Dorian Finney-Smith: day to day (calf), Trendon Watford: out (hamstring), De'Anthony Melton: out for season (acl), Cam Thomas: day to day (hamstring).

Spurs: None listed.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.