San Antonio will need their best to prevent Charlotte from making history. Injury report, key storylines, and how to watch Spurs vs. Hornets.
The San Antonio Spurs will have a little bit less time to prepare for the red-hot Hornets, with a winter storm in Charlotte bumping up the start time to Saturday morning. To beat the snow, the game will tip off at 11 a.
m. central time. To beat the Hornets, San Antonio will need their best. Charlotte is outscoring their opponents by a league-leading 12 points per 100 possessions in January, sporting the top offense and fifth-best defense in that stretch. The Hornets have beaten the Thunder, Lakers, Nuggets, Magic, and 76ers during this 10-6 stretch. They outscored their opponents on the road by 151, tying the 2010 Heat for the best road point differential in a calendar month in NBA historyCharlotte is riding a five-game win streak, and if they beat the Spurs on Saturday morning it will be the first six-game winning streak for the franchise since March of 2010. To put it another way, a child born the last time those things happened would be old enough to drive now. All this to say the Hornets are playing some spectacular basketball at the moment. LaMelo Ball is directing the offense well, Brandon Miller has scored 20+ in nine consecutive games, and sharpshooting rookie Kon Knueppel is coming off a career-high 34 points and 8 made 3-pointers in a win over Dallas. This dangerous scoring attack will provide a true test for San Antonio's defense, which they've used to survive a persistent scoring drought this month. The Spurs have struggled with physicality and rushed themselves at times, but made strides in both areas during a 16-point comeback on the road in Houston.If the Spurs win this game and their next one against the Magic they'll move to 34-15 and guarantee that head coach Mitch Johnson will represent San Antonio at All-Star Weekend. The rookie class became a topic of conversation Friday in the wake of Knueppel's heroics, with some imagining a parallel universe in which San Antonio selected the Duke product over Dylan Harper. Anyone doing a redraft 50 games into their careers is about two years too early, but it might provide Harper with some bulletin-board material. He's coming off a strong game in Houston where he put up 16 points on 8-11 shooting to go with 4 rebounds and 3 assists.Champagnie got hit in the face late during San Antonio's win in Houston. He has played every game for the Spurs this year after doing all 82 last season. It looks like he's good to go for this one, and will make it 150 in a row.Tom Petrini has covered Spurs basketball for the last decade, first for Project Spurs and then for KENS 5 in San Antonio. After leaving the newsroom he co-founded the Silver and Black Coffee Hour, a weekly podcast where he catches up on Spurs news with friends Aaron Blackerby and Zach Montana. Tom lives in Austin with his partner Jess and their dogs Dottie and Guppy. His other interests include motorsports and making a nice marinara sauce.Kings vs. 76ers Prediction, Odds and Best NBA Prop Bets for Thursday, Jan. 29
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