San Antonio Spurs vs Miami Heat Preview & Head-to-Head

Tale of the tape

San Antonio SpursBefore tip-offMiami Heat

11–2Season record7–6
5–2Home / road recordThe home team at home, the away team on the road4–3
10–0Last 10 games7–3
W11Current streakW4
119.5Points per game118.7
106.2Points allowed per game119.8
+13.3Average margin−1.1
2 daysRest before this gameBack-to-back
0Games in the last 7 days0
49.7Rebounds per game41.8
28.7Assists per game30.3
12.5Three-pointers made per game12.9
79.9Bench points per game61.3

Team numbers per game from the last 10 box scores; records and scoring from this season in this competition.

Quarter by quarter

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
San Antonio Spurs	+5.231.2–26.0	+6.132.5–26.4	+6.932.0–25.1	−1.624.8–26.4
Miami Heat	+2.031.8–29.8	+0.130.2–30.1	+1.328.9–27.6	−0.329.7–30.0

Average margin per period over each team's last 10 games in this competition, with scored–allowed underneath.

Key matchup

Victor WembanyamaCenter · San Antonio SpursVSGiannis AntetokounmpoForward · Miami Heat

Leading scorers · averages over the last 5 games

28.6Points30.0
10.6Rebounds12.0
3.0Assists4.2
2.2Three-pointers made0.8
25.7Minutes31.4

Team leaders

San Antonio SpursThis seasonMiami Heat

Points · PPG
Victor Wembanyama13 games28.2 Giannis Antetokounmpo13 games28.5
Rebounds · RPG
Victor Wembanyama13 games11.6 Giannis Antetokounmpo13 games12.2
Assists · APG
De'Aaron Fox13 games5.5 Davion Mitchell13 games9.1
Three-pointers made · 3PM
Julian Champagnie13 games2.6 Klay Thompson12 games3.8

Per-game averages this season in this competition from the box scores so far (13 per team); current squads only.

Key battles

Guards

Stephon CastleVSDavion Mitchell

PTS: 16.0·19.0
REB: 4.8·3.8
AST: 5.6·10.6

Guards

De'Aaron FoxVSKlay Thompson

PTS: 11.2·17.8
REB: 4.6·1.0
AST: 5.2·3.3

Forwards

Devin VassellVSGiannis Antetokounmpo

PTS: 13.7·30.0
REB: 2.0·12.0
AST: 2.3·4.2

Centres

Victor WembanyamaVSBam Adebayo

PTS: 28.6·20.8
REB: 10.6·9.0
AST: 3.0·3.0

Cross-matchup

D. HarperVSMyron Gardner

PTS: 15.2·1.7
REB: 4.6·4.3
AST: 5.0·1.7

Player projectionsPro

Likely lineups

Home

San Antonio Spurs

Likely starting five

D. Harper
Started 1 of last 5
PPG
15.2
RPG
4.6
APG
5.0
Stephon Castle
Guard · Started 1 of last 5
PPG
16.0
RPG
4.8
APG
5.6
Victor Wembanyama
Center · Started 1 of last 5
PPG
28.6
RPG
10.6
APG
3.0
De'Aaron Fox
Guard · Started 1 of last 5
PPG
11.2
RPG
4.6
APG
5.2
Devin Vassell
Forward · Started 1 of last 5
PPG
13.7
RPG
2.0
APG
2.3

Away

Miami Heat

Likely starting five

Davion Mitchell
Guard · Started 2 of last 5
PPG
19.0
RPG
3.8
APG
10.6
Bam Adebayo
Center · Started 2 of last 5
PPG
20.8
RPG
9.0
APG
3.0
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Forward · Started 2 of last 5
PPG
30.0
RPG
12.0
APG
4.2
Myron Gardner
Forward · Started 2 of last 5
PPG
1.7
RPG
4.3
APG
1.7
Klay Thompson
Guard · Started 1 of last 5
PPG
17.8
RPG
1.0
APG
3.3

Missed the last game

P. Larsson12.0 PTS · 27.5 MIN

Full lineups and bench San Antonio Spurs vs Miami Heat: player stats and box score

Photo credits (9)

Victor Wembanyama · Thomas S, CC BY-SA 2.0
De'Aaron Fox · Bandai Namco Entertainment America, CC BY 3.0
Julian Champagnie · Frenchieinportland, CC BY 4.0
Stephon Castle · The White House, Public domain
Devin Vassell · Photo by Jacob Gralton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Keldon Johnson · FOX Sports, CC BY 3.0
Harrison Barnes · Frenchieinportland, CC BY-SA 4.0
Luke Kornet · Rikster2, CC BY-SA 4.0
R. Conwell · Governor Eric Holcomb, Public domain

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