The Utah Jazz travel to the lone star state to face the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night. Both teams have a plethora of key contributors that will be absent for the contest.

The Jazz will be missing Jordan Clarkson (hand), Collin Sexton (hamstring), and Rudy Gay (back), while Lauri Markkanen (wrist) and Simone Fontecchio (toe) are questionable.

The Spurs will be without Keldon Johnson (foot), Devin Vassell (knee), Khem Birch (knee), and Jeremy Sochan (knee).

As we hit the home stretch, all eyes are on the official status of Markkanen and whether the Jazz brain trust will shut its leading scorer down for the remainder of the season. The Jazz are in a position to sneak into the play-in tournament while also improving their lottery odds at the same time.

The Washington Wizards upset the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night, which opened the door for Utah to potentially get to the No. 8 slot in terms of lottery odds. Currently, Utah is 1.5 games ahead of the Wizards in the standings.

But the Oklahoma City Thunder also dropped a game unexpectedly to the Charlotte Hornets. This puts Utah only 1.5 games removed from the play-in tournament. However, the Thunder owns the tiebreaker vs. Utah if it came down to that.