The San Antonio Spurs play host to the Washington Wizards at AT&T Center on Saturday.

The Wizards (1-1) had a promising showing in the opener when they turned a Dallas Mavericks blowout into a narrow defeat and that surely carried over in their second game. Washington went into Oklahoma City and handed the Thunder a 97-85 defeat on Friday. That's one of the best defensive performances this team has had in two years, holding OKC to just 39 percent from the field and 22 percent from long range while forcing 18 turnovers. That's all about the revamped roster and these young players should be much better on that end of the floor. Thomas Bryant has surely developed into one of the team's best players, collecting 21 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks in that win. Look for Bryant and Bradley Beal to run the show while John Wall continues to rehab his Achilles injury.

The Spurs (1-0) have to be thanking their lucky stars, playing host to the Washington Wizards and New York Knicks in their first two games. While that opener against New York was a win, it wasn't necessarily pretty. The Spurs allowed the Knicks to drop 111 points and it wasn't decided until a 37-27 fourth quarter. They also got a bad performance from DeMar DeRozan, who scored just 13 points on 3-of-10 from the field. The good news is that Dejounte Murray made his long-awaited return from surgery to provide 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists in a stellar performance. That paired beautifully with Bryn Forbes 20 points, as this is one of the most underrated backcourts in the NBA. That doesn't even take into consideration their leading scorer, LaMarcus Aldridge, who could be in for another All-Star season.

Not only did San Antonio sweep the season series last year, they've also won 23 of their last 26 games over Washington dating all the way back to 2005.