PREVIEW: The San Antonio Spurs welcome the Utah Jazz to the Frost Bank Arena, with the home team boasting elite defensive metrics including the second-best ranking for rim protection and sixth-best defense against three-point shooting. San Antonio has won six of their last ten games and enters this matchup seeking a third consecutive victory , while Utah has lost nine of their last eleven and dropped three straight heading into Monday's contest. Victor Wembanyama led the Spurs past Minnesota with 39 points on efficient shooting, and San Antonio shot 50 percent from the field in their latest outing. The Jazz, meanwhile, rank poorly on offense with low spacing and struggle defensively, allowing high-quality three-point looks while ranking last in preventing rim attacks. Utah will be without key contributors Georges Niang, Walker Kessler, and Lauri Markkanen, while San Antonio has only ruled out Devin Vassell. The Jazz rank among the coldest teams in the league and will again miss their leading scorer, coming off back-to-back blowout defeats. When these teams last met on December 27, Utah pulled off a 127-114 victory behind strong performances from Keyonte George and Lauri Markkanen, though Markkanen will be unavailable this time. The Spurs' third-ranked defense presents a formidable obstacle for Utah's young offensive core, setting up an intriguing matchup between a struggling road team and a defensively dominant home squad.