5 things to watch: Spurs vs. Heat

Written by Jeff Garcia on .

The San Antonio Spurs (13-3) will take their 5-game winning streak into Miami to face the Heat (10-3) for their final stop on their long road trip.

For San Antonio, they are coming off a 110-89 road win over the Magic led by Manu Ginobili with 20 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists. Along with Ginobili, Tim Duncan (15 points), Gary Neal (19 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals), Tony Parker (14 points, 8 assists), and DeJuan Blair (11 points, 6 rebounds) all scored in double figures versus Orlando.

However, for San Antonio, they will be without Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and Danny Green tonight versus Miami.

Miami is coming off a 110-108 win over Cleveland to tie a franchise-best 10-3 record the start the season. Chris Bosh had 15 points and LeBron James had 11 points.

And as these to NBA titans get set to clash, here are five things to watch for during the game:

• Miami is a perfect 6-0 at home for the first time in franchise history.

• Miami is 7-0 this season when shooting at least 50 percent from the field.

• Miami is averaging 109.2 points per game in their 10 wins this season.

• San Antonio is 6-0 on the road when scoring 100 points or more.

• San Antonio is 3-0 on the road when their opponent scores between 80-89 points.

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rtesoro440
rtesoro440

Comm. Sten was right in his anounement that the Spurs should be santioned for resting its 4 players. T think Anderson earned a more permanent stay with the team.

rtesoro440
rtesoro440

First, the Spurs din't fill up the roster to 15. 2nd, Joseph was assigned to the d-league. 3rd, Leonard and Jackson were sidelined. NOW, 4 of their mainstays are NOT playing vs. the Heat. Coach Pop finds it convenient not to play TD, TP, Manu and Green. What gives? The Spurs are robbing the paying public of their hard-earned money by this. There should be a rule against this antic. Unless, these 4 players are injured they MUST play. It SHOULD no be a matter of discretion whether they should play or not.  Why, are the Heats not tired? Coach Pop, GM Buford and Mr. Holt this is unethical and immoral. These people SHOULD BE FINED as a lesson.  Comm. Stern, pls. look closely into this!

Spursfan66
Spursfan66

 @rtesoro440 Typical MORONIC statement rt..does rt stand for real twit? Heat werent tired because they had a LONG rest and played less games so far..Spurs had played ELEVEN away games and Heat had only played 14 TOTAL games.

BlazingDeath
BlazingDeath like.author.displayName 1 Like

The Big Three and Green will not be in miami for the game, good F U  to the league offices for the messed up schedule.

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