San Antonio Express-News

SATURDAY’S GAME

- Tom Orsborn

SPURS (16-47) VS. ROCKETS (13-49)

7 p.m.,

AT&T Center.

CW35, 1200 AM, 1350 AM (Spanish), 107.5 FM (Spanish). PROBABLE STARTERS

Spurs: PG Malaki Branham (6-4, 1st), SG Devonte’ Graham (6-1, 5th), SF Keita Bates-diop (6-8 5th), PF Jeremy Sochan (6-9, 1st), C Zach Collins (6-5, 5th).

Rockets: PG Kevin Porter Jr. (6-6, 4th), SG Jalen Green (6-6, 2nd), SF Kenyon Martin Jr. (6-7, 3rd), PF Jabari Smith Jr. (6-11, 1st), C Alparen Sengun (6-11, 2nd).

RESERVES

Spurs: G Tre Jones (6-1, 3rd), G Blake Wesley (6-4, 1st year), F/C Charles Bassey (6-9, 2nd), F/C Gorgui Dieng (6-11, 10th), F/C Dominic Barlow (6-9, 1st). Inactive: Devin Vassell (knee, injury management), Keldon Johnson (foot), Doug Mcdermott (thumb), Khem Birch (knee), Isaiah Roby (ankle), Romeo Langford (adductor), Julian Champaigne (G League, two-way).

Rockets: F Tari Eason (6-8, 1st), C Willie Cauley-stein 7-0, 8th, G Josh Christophe­r (6-5, 2nd), F/C Usman Garuba (6-8, 2nd), F/C Frank Kaminsky (7-0, 8th), C Bojan Marjanovic (7-4, 8th), G Daishen Nix (6-5, 2nd), F Jae’sean Tate (6-5, 3rd), G Tyty Washington Jr. (6-3, 1st). Inactive: Darius Days (G League, two-way) Trevor Hudgins (G League, two-way).

COACHES

Spurs: Gregg Popovich. Rockets: Stephen Silas.

STAT LEADERS

Spurs: Points, Johnson, 21.8 per game; rebounds, Collins, 6.0; assists, Jones, 6.2; steals, Jones, 1.3; blocks, Bassey, 1.0.

Rockets: Points, Green, 21.7 per game; rebounds, Sengun, 8.6; assists, Porter, 5.5; steals, Porter, 1.3; blocks, Smith, 1.0.

NOTABLE

Saturday will mark Porter’s second game in a row after missing 20 with a bruised toe. He had 11 points on 3 of 11 shooting in his return against Memphis on Wednesday.

The Spurs, who are giving up an Nba-worst 122.0 points per game, have held opponents below 100 points in consecutiv­e games.

Collins is averaging a career-best 2.7 assists per game after recording five-plus assists in four of his last six games.

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