After dropping three straight games to the Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics, the San Antonio Spurs continue their road trip against a struggling opponent. The Charlotte Hornets has won just one out of their last seventeen games. When they visited the Frost Bank Center on January 12, they were blown out by the Spurs in a 135-99 victory for San Antonio.
A large reason for that win was the stellar play of Victor Wembanyama. With his minutes restriction still in effect, the rookie will sit out this contest with the Hornets in order to play his former teammate, Bilal Coulibaly of the Washington Wizards, on Saturday night.