San Antonio Spurs veteran point guard Chris Paul is known as a basketball savant, a throwback player to simpler times when guile and smarts were among the most sought-after qualities in NBA basketball players.

Memphis faces San Antonio for a Western Conference matchup Friday. The teams match up Friday for the first time this season.

• Including Wednesday's 129-115 victory at the Frost Bank Center, Memphis has won 14 of the past 15 meetings against the Spurs. The Grizzlies have won 10 in a row in San Antonio, with their most recent loss in the Alamo City coming Jan. 5, 2019.

Jaren Jackson Jr. put up one of his best performances of the season on Monday night against the Dallas Mavericks.

San Antonio aims to break its three-game losing streak when the San Antonio Spurs take on Memphis. The teams meet Wednesday for the first time this season.

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Taylor Jenkins admitted the Grizzlies can't grumble about a loss to the Kings despite an unusually wild Jaren Jackson Jr. fourth-quarter stat.

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Santi Aldama scored a career-high 29 points and the Memphis Grizzlies rolled to a 140-112 victory over San Antonio on Friday night, handing the Spurs their largest losing margin of the season even with Ja Morant sidelined by a foot injury.

Jaren Jackson Jr. believes the Grizzlies' vet swag will propel the team to title contention as one of the better teams in the West.

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