The dog days of the NBA season are officially here for the San Antonio Spurs, and the only way out of them is to power through bumps and bruises.

Tonight's Coast 2 Coast Tuesday doubleheader tips off at 8:00 p.m. ET with a Spurs vs. Thunder matchup on NBC and Peacock.

A reason to watch: It’s basketball’s best rivalry right now. Oklahoma City opens the week atop the Western Conference and first in defensive rating. San Antonio is second in the conference with the third-rated defense, and it’s gone 3-for-3 against the defending champs this season.

As Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs grind through a month-long gauntlet of contenders, Harrison Barnes says the stretch is less about wins and losses and more about building habits for what lies ahead.

Western Conference powers meet in one of the top matchups on the Tuesday NBA schedule when the San Antonio Spurs take on the Oklahoma City

It’s the Thunder vs. Spurs today in Oklahoma City. Here’s how to watch the NBA Christmas Day game, including time, TV channel and streaming info.

You can get tickets to the game here. Wolves vs. Spurs tips off at 6 PM on Sunday, Jan. 11 from Target Center in downtown Minneapolis. The game will be broadcast and streamed on FanDuel Sports Network.

With this early success, some feel San Antonio is ahead of schedule in their rebuild, but guard De'Aaron Fox believes the team is right where it should be. "We feel like we are in this position because we earned it, and we feel like we're right where we need to be," he said.