2017-18 NBA Schedule: 5 Under-the-Radar Games to Circle on Your Calendar
4) San Antonio Spurs vs. Utah Jazz - December 21, 2017
On the other end of the scoring spectrum, this first-day-of-winter contest pits the Association's two stingiest defenses from 2016-17: The San Antonio Spurs, who allowed 98.1 points a night, and the Utah Jazz, with their 96.8 clip.
Last season, the teams split their four games, with the Spurs averaging 99.2 points, and the Jazz putting up an average of 99.0. Those numbers -- as well as that whole win-loss thing -- might not hold, due to the fact that Utah will be sans free agent defector and new Boston Celtic Gordon Hayward.
That said, Defensive Player of the Year candidate Rudy Gobert is still on the Utah roster, and Spurs center Pau Gasol is something like 158-years-old. So Gobert, the man they call the Stifle Tower -- who, in his career, has averaged almost two blocks per night against the Spurs -- might have some fun swatting a few San Antonio shots into the fifth row of the Vivint Smart Home Arena.
