Spurs-Jazz injury report: Fox’s hip tightness and the Jazz’s depleted frontcourt

De'Aaron Fox popped up as a late addition to the Spurs' injury report for their third meeting of the season with Utah. San Antonio is 2-0 against the Jazz, and should easily secure a third win for their 12th straight victory—the longest streak in the NBA. Their opponent is bruised and battered with their best player out and their frontcourt decimated.

Spurs injury report

Maliq Brown - Out (G League - Two-Way)
De’Aaron Fox - Questionable (Injury/Illness - Left Hip Tightness)
Ja’Kobi Gillespie - Out (G League - Two-Way)
Tobias Harris - Out (Injury/Illness - Left Calf Strain)
Jayden Quaintance - Out (Injury/Illness - Right Knee Surgery)

Utah Jazz injury report

Trey Alexander - Out (Two-Way)
Kobe Bufkin - Out (Two-Way)
Jaxson Hayes - Out (Left Knee Strain)
Harrison Ingram - Out (Two-Way)
Jaren Jackson Jr. - Out (Right MCL Tear)
Lauri Markkanen - Out (Right Hand Fracture)
Jusuf Nurkic - Out (Right 2nd Plantar Plate Tear)

The Spurs' starters should have another early night

I don't know that we should expect another 38-point clobbering like they did to the Warriors on Friday, but nobody would be shocked by it either. Take out their five-point victory in Chicago, and the Spurs have won four of their last five games by an average of 25.3 points.

So whether the lead sits at 20, 30, or 40, the Silver and Black should be in firm control of this game by the start of the fourth quarter.

The Jazz were projected to be a breakout team this season, but reality has been much crueler. The injury bug hit them early, and it's been relentless ever since. Coach Will Hardy's club has only won one game nearly a month into the new campaign.

Utah has the 29th-ranked offensive rating, the 25th-ranked defensive rating, and the 28th-ranked net rating. Realistically, there's no reason for this team to hang around with the Spurs if they're locked in from the beginning.

Victor Wembanyama has averaged 24 points, 12.5 rebounds, five assists, and 2.5 blocks across two games versus the Jazz this season. The split was wider than those numbers suggest, though.

He had 36 poiints and 14 boards in an overtime win in the first meeting, but only 12 and 11 were needed in the second, as the Spurs blew Utah away, 119-97, with a group effort where seven players scored double-digits, which included a team-high 17-point contribution from Dylan Harper.

The Spurs are riding 11 straight wins, and the Jazz are riding 11 straight losses. There's no reason to believe those trends will break now. San Antonio should put it away quickly and start getting ready for Tuesday's clash with the Detroit Pistons.

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