San Antonio Express-News

FRIDAY’S GAME

- Jeff Mcdonald

SPURS (14-38)

VS. 76ERS (33-17)

When, where:

AT&T Center.

Tv/radio: BSSW; 1200 AM, 1350 AM (Spanish),

107.5 FM (Spanish).

PROBABLE STARTERS Spurs: PG Malaki Branham (6-5, 1st year), SG Josh Richardson (6-6, 8th), SF Keldon Johnson (6-5, 4th), PF Keita Bates-diop (6-8, 5th), C Jakob Poeltl (7-1, 7th).

76ers: PG James Harden (6-5, 14th year), SG De’anthony Melton (6-2, 5th), SF Tobias Harris (6-7, 12th), PF P.J. Tucker (6-5, 12th), C Joel Embiid (7-2, 7th).

RESERVES

Spurs: C Zach Collins (6-11, 5th), F Stanley Johnson (6-6, 8th), F Doug Mcdermott (6-6, 9th), F Isaiah Roby (6-8, 4th), G Blake Wesley (6-4, 1st). Inactive: Dominic Barlow (G League), Devin Vassell (left knee surgery), Charles Bassey (G League), Tre Jones (left foot soreness), Jeremy Sochan (lower back soreness).

76ers: F Montrezl Harrell (6-7, 8th), G Danuel House Jr. (6-6, 7th),f Furkan Korkmaz (6-7, 6th), G Tyrese Maxey (6-2, 3rd), G Shake Milton (6-5, 5th), F Georges Niang (6-7, 7th), F Paul Reed (6-9, 3rd), G Jaden Springer (6-3, 2nd), G Matisse Thybulle (6-5, 4th). Inactive: Louis King (G League), Julian Champagnie (G League).

COACHES

Spurs: Gregg Popovich.

76ers: Doc Rivers.

STAT LEADERS

Spurs: Points, Johnson, 21.8 per game; rebounds, Poeltl, 9.1; assists, Jones, 6.3; steals, Jones, 1.3; blocks, Poeltl, 1.2.

76ers: Points, Embiid, 33.1 per game; rebounds, Embiid, 10.1; assists, Harden, 11.0; steals, Melton, 1.9; blocks, Embiid, 1.7.

NOTABLE

The Spurs are 9-8 against teams from the Eastern Conference, including a 114-105 victory in Philadelph­ia on Oct. 22. Embiid ranks as the NBA’S leading scorer. He is the league’s only player averaging at least 30 points, 10 rebounds and a block per game.

The Spurs finished Wednesday’s 119-109 loss to Sacramento minus a pair of starters, as Jones (foot) and Sochan (back) left the game in the first quarter. It was the Spurs’ seventh consecutiv­e defeat, extending their second-longest skid of the season.

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