Slumping Spurs welcome surging Lakers

San Antonio will look to get back on track and take advantage of its home floor when it goes back to work against the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.

The Spurs, who have lost four of their past five games and seven of their last 10 outings, gave up a 15-point, second-half lead on Wednesday when they lost to surging New Orleans, 121-116. It was an uncharacteristic loss for San Antonio because of two things: The Spurs' lack of interior defense in the final minutes and three turnovers in a stretch of four possessions with the game on the line.

"We were in a good situation to still win the game, and we struggled on the stretch," Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said.…