Miami and San Antonio square off in Mexico City

Fri, Dec 16, 2022
NBA News (AP)

Miami Heat (15-15, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs (9-19, 14th in the Western Conference)

Mexico City; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The San Antonio Spurs take on the Miami Heat in Mexico City.

The Spurs have gone 5-11 in home games. San Antonio is seventh in the NBA with 12.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Jakob Poeltl averaging 3.9 offensive boards.

The Heat have gone 6-9 away from home. Miami is 2-4 in games decided by at least 10 points.

The teams meet for the second time this season. The Spurs won 115-111 in the last meeting on Dec. 10. Keldon Johnson led the Spurs with 21 points, and Jimmy Butler led the Heat with 30 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Poeltl is averaging 12.9 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists for the Spurs. Johnson is averaging 19.0 points over the last 10 games for San Antonio.

Kyle Lowry is averaging 14 points and 5.9 assists for the Heat. Bam Adebayo is averaging 18.9 points over the last 10 games for Miami.

LAST 10 GAMES: Spurs: 3-7, averaging 110.4 points, 43.7 rebounds, 25.4 assists, 7.2 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 120.5 points per game.

Heat: 6-4, averaging 107.0 points, 41.5 rebounds, 23.5 assists, 8.3 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.8 points.

INJURIES:

Heat: Dewayne Dedmon: out (foot), Bam Adebayo: out (ankle), Gabe Vincent: out (knee), Victor Oladipo: out (rest), Omer Yurtseven: out (ankle), Kyle Lowry: out (rest).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.