Monday: Spurs (54-12) at Heat (45-21)

Time: 7 p.m.
TV: FSNSW, ESPN
Radio: WOAI-AM 1200, KCOR-AM 1350

STARTING LINEUPS

Point guard
Spurs: 9 Tony Parker (6-2, 10th yr)
Heat: 15 Mario Chalmers (6-2, 3rd yr)
For Parker, March has been a good month so far (20 ppg, 6 apg).

Shooting guard
Spurs: 20 Manu Ginobili (6-6, 9th yr)
Heat: 3 Dwyane Wade (6-4, 8th yr)
In career, Ginobili scores more vs. Heat (17.7 pts.) than any other team.

Small forward
Spurs: 24 Richard Jefferson (6-7, 10th yr)
Heat: 6 LeBron James (6-8, 8th yr)
James had 26 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists in Spurs’ March 4 victory.

Power forward
Spurs: 21 Tim Duncan (6-11, 14th yr)
Heat: 1 Chris Bosh (6-11, 8th yr)
Bosh produced 17 points, 14 rebounds in previous meeting with Spurs.

Center
Spurs: 34 Antonio McDyess (6-9, 15th yr)
Heat: 25 Erick Dampier (6-11, 15th yr)
McDyess’ 12 points, 12 boards vs. HOU was 4th double-double of season.

SPURS RESERVES
25 James Anderson, G, 6-6, 1st yr
45 DeJuan Blair, C, 6-7, 2nd yr
15 Matt Bonner, C/F, 6-10, 7th yr
3 George Hill, G, 6-2, 3rd yr
14 Gary Neal, G, 6-4, 1st yr
23 Steve Novak, F, 6-10, 5th yr
22 Tiago Splitter, C, 6-11, 1st yr

HEAT RESERVES
50 Joel Anthony, C, 6-9, 4th yr
0 Mike Bibby, G, 6-2, 13th yr
55 Eddie House, G, 6-1, 11th yr
5 Juwan Howard, F, 6-9, 17th yr
11 Z. Ilgauskas, C, 7-3, 13th yr
22 James Jones, F, 6-8, 8th yr
13 Mike Miller, F, 6-8, 11th yr

COACHES
Spurs: Gregg Popovich
Heat: Erik Spoelstra

INJURIES
Spurs: None.
Heat: Udonis Haslem (left foot), Ilgauskas (foot), and Dexter Pittman (right knee) are out.

PROJECTED INACTIVE PLAYERS
Spurs: Chris Quinn, Othyus Jeffers.
Heat: Pittman, Jamal Magloire, Haslem.

NOTABLE
Ten days after handing Heat most lopsided defeat of season, 125-95 at the ATT Center, Spurs look to finish season sweep. … Spurs had eight players in double figures in that game, including Bonner, who scored 18 points and made 6 of 7 on 3-pointers. … Miami is 16-19 against teams .500 or better and 2-8 in games decided by three points or less. … James (26.2 ppg) and Wade (25.5) rank third and fourth in scoring. … Heat are first in NBA in average scoring margin (6.86). Spurs are second at 6.79.

– Jeff McDonald

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