Coming off two days rest, the Miami Heat look to secure a season-sweep over the San Antonio Spurs Saturday evening at 8:30 p.m. EST inside Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.
The Heat won their first meeting over San Antonio earlier this month 128-107. It was the first game this season that Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra opted to play the double-big lineup of Bam Adebayo and Kel’el Ware extended run against Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama. Lo and behold, Miami outscored San Antonio 72-38 in the middle two quarters and 82-66 in the second half–led by Ware, who had 25 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 34 minutes.
The Heat dropped back to .500 Wednesday with a 126-106 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers while San Antonio improved to 21-24 Friday with a 26-point win over the Milwaukee Bucks. Entering Friday, however, the Spurs were just victors in two of their previous 10 games.
Miami has been excellent on two-plus days rest this season, going 8-3; meanwhile, San Antonio has not been good on the second leg of back-to-backs, going 2-4. Saturday marks the first of nine of the next 10 away from home, including four straight against Chicago, Philadelphia and Brooklyn.
Can the Heat start this road-trip off on the right note? Let us know in the comments!
Injury Report (at the time of this publishing):
Miami Heat:
- Jimmy Butler (suspension) — OUT
- Josh Richardson (heel) — OUT
- Isaiah Stevens (G-league) — OUT
- Dru Smith (achilles) — OUT
San Antonio Spurs:
NOT YET SUBMITTED.
Projected Starting 5 (subject to change):
Miami Heat:
- Tyler Herro, G
- Duncan Robinson, G
- Haywood Highsmith, F
- Bam Adebayo, C
- Kel’el Ware, C
San Antonio Spurs:
- Chris Paul, G
- Stephon Castle, G
- Devin Vassell, G
- Harrison Barnes, F
- Victor Wembanyama, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 8:30 PM EST
- TV: Fanduel Sports Network Sun
- Radio: AM 560 Sports WQAM & The HEAT Radio Network (Jason Jackson)
- Spanish Radio: WAQI 710 AM & The HEAT Spanish Radio Network (José Pañeda)
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