San Antonio Spurs vs Portland Trail Blazers : TV channel, Start time, Injury report, starting lineups & game prediction (December 29)

San Antonio Spurs and Portland Trail Blazers face off at Moda Center, Portland, OR on Friday, December 29th, 2023 10:00 PM ET .

Who’s Playing

San Antonio Spurs @ Portland Trail Blazers

How To Watch ?

  • Date & time : Friday, December 29th, 2023 10:00 PM ET
  • Arena : Moda Center, Portland, OR
  • TV & radio channel : ROOT SPORTS PLUS, Bally Sports SW-SA, SiriusXM, Rip City Radio 620
  • Live Stream: FuboTV

San Antonio Spurs – Portland Trail Blazers injury report :

San Antonio Spurs injury report :

None

Portland Trail Blazers injury report :

Deandre Ayton: Questionable (Knee)
Robert Williams: Out (Knee)
Ishmail Wainright: Out (Knee)
Malcolm Brogdon: Questionable (Knee)
Jerami Grant: Out (Concussion)

San Antonio Spurs – Portland Trail Blazers starting lineups :

The following were the starters for both teams in their previous games:

San Antonio Spurs starting lineup :

M. Branham, PG #22 D. Vassell, SG #24 K. Johnson, SF #3 J. Sochan, PF #10 V. Wembanyama, C #1

Portland Trail Blazers starting lineup :

M. Brogdon, PG #11 A. Simons, SG #1 T. Camara, SF #33 J. Grant, PF #9 D. Reath, C #26

Game prediction : San Antonio Spurs – Portland Trail Blazers

Spread : +6 (-108) (SA)
Over/Under (Totals) : 234.5

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