Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs Predicted Starting Lineups and Depth Chart for Dec. 21 | 2024-25 NBA season

The Portland Trail Blazers face the San Antonio Spurs on the road Saturday. Both Western Conference teams are in the bottom five of the standings and need to improve their records drastically to be playoff teams. San Antonio is 11th with a 14-13 record while Portland is 13th with a 9-18 record.

Portland has won just two of its past 10 games. It's however, coming off of a win after upsetting the Denver Nuggets 126-124 on Thursday. Anfernee Simons had a double-double of 28 points and 10 assists, while Shaedon Sharpe had 27 points.

San Antonio defeated the Atlanta Hawks 133-126 in OT on Thursday. Victor Wembanyama led the charge with 42 points, while Devin Vassell and Jeremy Sochan chipped in with 23 and 20 points, respectively. The Spurs split their past 10 games and are 10-7 at home.

The Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs game is scheduled to tip off at 8:30 p.m. EST from Frost Bank Center. The game will be broadcast locally on FanDuel Sports Network - Southwest and KATU 2.2. Fans can also stream it live on NBA League Pass and fuboTV.

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Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs: Injury Reports

Portland Trail Blazers injury report for Dec. 21

The Trail Blazers are without Matisse Thybulle (ankle), while Dalano Banton is questionable with a hip injury.

San Antonio Spurs injury report for Dec. 21

The Spurs didn’t report any injuries for the game.

Here’s a look at the Blazers vs Spurs’ starting lineups and depth charts for Dec. 21.

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Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs: Starting lineups and depth chart

Trail Blazers starting lineup and depth chart

Position	Starter	2nd	3rd
PG	Anfernee Simons	Scoot Henderson	Dalano Banton (DD)
SG	Shaedon Sharpe	Dalano Banton (DD)	Rayan Rupert
SF	Toumani Camara	Deni Avdija	Kris Murray
PF	Jerami Grant	Robert Williams III	Deni Avdija
C	Deandre Ayton	Donovan Clingan	Robert Williams III

*DD denotes day-to-day

Spurs starting lineup and depth chart

Position	Starter	2nd	3rd
PG	Chris Paul	Tre Jones	Stephon Castle
SG	Devin Vassell	Stephon Castle	Julian Champagnie
SF	Harrison Barnes	Julian Champagnie	Devin Vassell
PF	Jeremy Sochan	Keldon Johnson	Harrison Barnes
C	Victor Wembanyama	Charles Bassey	Zach Collins

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Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs: Key players

Anfernee Simons

Anfernee Simons didn’t start the season strong but has found his form in the recent games. In the past three games, he scored 30, 20 and 28 points against the Spurs, Phoenix Suns and Nuggets, respectively. As Portland narrowly lost 118-116 to San Antonio on Dec. 13, expect Simons to come out aggressive Saturday and aim for a win.

Victor Wembanyama

Quite a few questions were raised regarding Victor Wembanyama’s offensive prowess at the start of the season. However, he silenced his doubters and has been on a tear. He averages 24.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 3.5 blocks and 1.2 steals per game.

He had 28 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and two blocks against Portland on Dec. 13 and should have another great game on Saturday.