Wins by the San Antonio Spurs over Philadelphia have been almost as regular and inescapable as death and income taxes over the past 30 years, but the 76ers have a chance to erase a lot of those bad memories when the teams square off Friday at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Philadelphia has won eight of its past 10 games this season but hasn't defeated the Spurs in the Alamo City since January 2004, a stretch of 13 straight games, and has won only once in San Antonio since 1986.
San Antonio comes into Friday's game off impressive wins over Cleveland at home Tuesday and at Memphis on Wednesday, even though the Spurs had players out for injury and rest in both contests.