The Suns have won nine in a row. It seems, though, with each of their victories their betting line gets more and more inflated.

None of Phoenix's last five victories have been by more than 10 points. The Suns should have only beaten the Timberwolves by eight points instead of 10 in their last game two days ago. A late meaningless Minnesota foul resulted in two free throws by the Suns to account for a final 10-point margin.

The Suns have been playing short-handed with Deandre Ayton (ankle), Jae Crowder (wrist) and reserves Cameron Payne (wrist) and JaVale McGee (knee) all missing in action. Ayton is out. The other three are questionable.

San Antonio has been up and down. But the Spurs rank in the top 10 in scoring and are perhaps off their best game of the season, a 131-122 home win against the Bulls this past Friday. San Antonio had 35 assists in that win. The Spurs have covered seven of the last eight times on the road versus opponents with a winning home mark.

This already is the fourth meeting between these two teams. The Spurs have kept two of the three close, losing by four points twice. They are 3-0-1 ATS the past four times in Phoenix.