San Antonio Spurs (6-18, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Miami Heat (11-14, 10th in the Eastern Conference)
Miami; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: San Antonio comes into the matchup against Miami as losers of 11 in a row.
The Heat are 9-5 in home games. Miami is 2-4 in games decided by 10 or more points.
The Spurs are 3-8 on the road. San Antonio is 1-8 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 16 turnovers per game.
TOP PERFORMERS: Bam Adebayo is scoring 20.7 points per game and averaging 9.2 rebounds for the Heat. Max Strus is averaging 2.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Miami.
Devin Vassell averages 3.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Spurs, scoring 20.5 points while shooting 41.8% from beyond the arc. Keldon Johnson is shooting 38.1% and averaging 18.3 points over the last 10 games for San Antonio.
LAST 10 GAMES: Heat: 4-6, averaging 105.3 points, 44.2 rebounds, 22.6 assists, 7.4 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 43.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 110.2 points per game.
Spurs: 0-10, averaging 105.8 points, 42.4 rebounds, 26.8 assists, seven steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 44.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 123.5 points.
INJURIES: Heat: Gabe Vincent: day to day (knee), Omer Yurtseven: out (ankle).
Spurs: Jakob Poeltl: out (quad), Jeremy Sochan: day to day (quad), Devin Vassell: day to day (knee), Blake Wesley: out (knee), Keita Bates-Diop: day to day (foot).
___
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
The Associated Press
