Houston @ San Antonio Game Overview
HOU vs SARecords
Head-To-HeadLast 10
| Date | Home | Result | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, '25 | HOU |
118 - 106
|
HOU -7.0 | u227.5 |
| Nov 06, '24 | HOU |
127 - 100
|
HOU -6.5 | o215.0 |
| Oct 28, '24 | SA |
106 - 101
|
HOU -2.5 | u220.0 |
| Oct 26, '24 | SA |
109 - 106
|
SA 1.5 | u223.0 |
| Mar 12, '24 | SA |
103 - 101
|
SA 3.0 | u221.0 |
| Mar 05, '24 | HOU |
114 - 101
|
HOU -7.0 | u227.5 |
| Dec 11, '23 | HOU |
93 - 82
|
HOU -9.0 | u223.5 |
| Oct 27, '23 | SA |
126 - 122 (OT)
|
SA -3.5 | o225.0 |
| Mar 05, '23 | HOU |
142 - 110
|
HOU -3.5 | o233.0 |
| Mar 04, '23 | SA |
122 - 110
|
HOU -1.0 | o229.5 |
HOU vs SA Preview
Last Meeting ( Feb 26, 2025 ) San Antonio 106, Houston 118
The San Antonio Spurs will look to get back on the winning track when they return home to square off with the surging Houston Rockets on Friday in an NBA Cup clash between the Lone Star State rivals.
It will be the first of four games for both teams in the league's in-season tournament, with the rivals a part of West Group C that also includes Portland, Denver and Golden State.
The Spurs have dropped two straight, both on the road, after winning their first five games of the season for the first time in franchise history. San Antonio's most recent outing was a 118-116 setback against the Lakers in Los Angeles on Wednesday that came down to the final shot. The Spurs led by nine points in the fourth quarter before Los Angeles rallied.
San Antonio's Julian Champagnie had a chance to tie the game in the final second after being fouled but missed the first free throw and intentionally missed the second. The Spurs' Keldon Johnson had a tip-in attempt off that miss, but it bounced away at the buzzer.
Victor Wembanyama led San Antonio with 19 points and eight rebounds before fouling out with 1:40 remaining. Stephon Castle produced 16 points and eight assists, while Jeremy Sochan, who was playing his first game of the year after missing the first six with an injury, also had 16 points.
Devin Vassell added 15 and Harrison Barnes scored 14 points. Three Spurs fouled out in a dustup that finished with 66 total fouls.
"It's just trying to figure out what (works) best (for us)," Wembanyama said. "There's obvious things we can correct right away, but there are things right now it feels like the game is going fast somehow. It feels like as we got better as a team and as we all got better as individuals the opponents have stepped up in some ways defensively. So, we're going to catch up on it, of course."
The Rockets have won five straight after starting the campaign with a pair of losses. Houston rolls into the Alamo City for the second of a three-game road trip after a 124-109 win in Memphis on Wednesday. Amen Thompson scored a season-high 28 points with 10 rebounds and Alperen Sengun added 20 points and 16 boards in the victory.
Houston also got double-figure scoring from Jabari Smith Jr. and Tari Eason, who racked up 16 each, Josh Okogie (13 points), Reed Sheppard (12) and the cold-shooting Kevin Durant (11 points while making just 5 of 18 shots).
"At times (Durant) is going to be the decoy, and everybody else kind of feeds off him," Houston coach Ime Udoka said. "And so you see Amen getting 28 and Alperen getting 20 and 16 due to the attention that they're putting on Kevin and putting two or three bodies on him. It's going to happen."
The Rockets have defeated their past five opponents by an average of 19.2 points. Houston leads the NBA in scoring at 124.7 points per game, in rebounding at 50 per contest and 3-point shooting percentage (42.7%).
This is the first of four meetings between the teams this season.
--Field Level Media
HOU vs SAInjury report
Houston's Injuries
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Finney-Smith | PF | Out - Ankle( Nov 17, '25) | Nov 17, '25 | |
| Head coach Ime Udoka told Michael Shapiro of SI.com that Finney-Smith was behind schedule in his recovery, but the Rockets haven't offered up any sort of timeline regarding when the veteran forward might play. Consider Finney-Smith week-to-week until the | ||||
| T. Eason | PF | Out - Oblique( Nov 14, '25) | Nov 14, '25 | |
| The Rockets announced that Eason will miss at least four weeks due to an oblique injury. | ||||
| F. VanVleet | PG | Out For Season - ACL( Sep 21, '25) | Sep 21, '25 | |
| The Rockets said on Monday (Sept. 22) that VanVleet suffered a torn ACL and may be out for the entire 2025-26 campaign, per Shams Charania of ESPN. | ||||
San Antonio's Injuries
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. McLaughlin | PG | Day To Day - Hamstring( Nov 20, '25) | Nov 20, '25 | |
| McLaughlin did not play in Thursday's (Nov. 20) game against the Hawks. | ||||
| S. Castle | PG | Out - Hip( Nov 16, '25) | Nov 16, '25 | |
| San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle has a left hip flexor strain and will be re-evaluated in 1 to 2 weeks, per Shams Charania of ESPN. | ||||
| V. Wembanyama | C | Out - Calf( Nov 16, '25) | Nov 16, '25 | |
| Wembanyama has a left calf strain and is expected to be sidelined for a few weeks, according to sources ESPN reports | ||||
| D. Harper | SG | Out - Calf( Nov 02, '25) | Nov 02, '25 | |
| San Antonio Spurs said guard Dylan Harper has suffered a left calf strain and is expected to miss multiple weeks. | ||||
HOU vs SAStats
Offense vs Defense
Key Stats League ranks in parenthesis
| OFFENSE |
Off. Rank | Stat | Def. Rank | DEFENSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49.3 | (9) | FG% | (5) | 44.5 |
| 43.6 | (6) | FGM | (4) | 38.0 |
| 88.4 | (15) | FGA | (5) | 85.4 |
| 42.7 | (1) | 3P% | (26) | 38.4 |
| 12.9 | (19) | 3PM | (14) | 13.0 |
| 30.1 | (29) | 3PA | (5) | 33.9 |
| 77.9 | (17) | FT% | (24) | 80.4 |
| 24.7 | (3) | FTM | (18) | 20.6 |
| 31.7 | (2) | FTA | (15) | 25.6 |
| League Avg. |
|---|
| 46.9 |
| 41.6 |
| 88.7 |
| 35.9 |
| 13.3 |
| 37.1 |
| 78.7 |
| 20.5 |
| 26.0 |
More Stats
| OFFENSE |
Off. Rank | Stat | Def. Rank | DEFENSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50.0 | (1) | REB | (1) | 36.3 |
| 14.4 | (4) | OREB | (2) | 8.4 |
| 35.6 | (1) | DREB | (8) | 27.9 |
| 26.3 | (16) | AST | (12) | 25.9 |
| 16.6 | (21) | TO | (16) | 15.1 |
| 1.6 | (21) | AST/TO | (15) | 1.7 |
| 9.0 | (16) | STL | (13) | 7.9 |
| 5.7 | (19) | BLK | (3) | 3.0 |
| League Avg. |
|---|
| 43.9 |
| 11.5 |
| 32.5 |
| 26.3 |
| 15.5 |
| 1.7 |
| 8.5 |
| 4.7 |
Points
| OFFENSE |
Off. Rank | Stat | Def. Rank | DEFENSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124.7 | (1) | Points | (2) | 109.6 |
| 34.1 | (11) | 1st Q | (30) | 28.1 |
| 28.4 | (11) | 2nd Q | (30) | 28.3 |
| 29.7 | (11) | 3rd Q | (30) | 25.4 |
| 29.6 | (11) | 4th Q | (30) | 26.4 |
| League Avg. |
|---|
| 117.0 |
| 29.9 |
| 29.2 |
| 28.9 |
| 28.1 |