Sunday: Suns (4-7) at Spurs (8-4)

Time: 8 p.m.
TV: FSNSW, ESPN
Radio: WOAI-AM 1200, KCOR-AM 1350

STARTING LINEUPS

Point guard
Spurs: 9 Tony Parker (6-2, 11th yr)
Suns: 13 Steve Nash (6-3, 16th yr)
Parker has reached 20 points in three consecutive games.

Shooting guard
Spurs: 2 Kawhi Leonard (6-7, 1st yr)
Suns: 3 Jared Dudley (6-7, 5th yr)
Coach Alvin Gentry considering newly acquired Michael Redd at this spot.

Small forward
Spurs: 24 Richard Jefferson (6-7, 11th yr)
Suns: 33 Grant Hill (6-8, 17th yr)
Jefferson was shooting 60 percent on 3s at home until Friday’s 1 for 5.

Power forward
Spurs: 21 Tim Duncan (6-11, 15th yr)
Suns: 8 Channing Frye (6-11, 7th yr)
Duncan: 9 turnovers in past 2 games, including season-high 5 vs. Portland.

Center
Spurs: 45 DeJuan Blair (6-7, 3rd yr)
Suns: 4 Marcin Gortat (6-11, 5th yr)
Blair owns team-best four double-doubles this season.

SPURS RESERVES
25 James Anderson, G, 6-6, 2nd yr
15 Matt Bonner, C/F, 6-10, 8th yr
4 Danny Green, G/F, 6-6, 3rd yr
14 Gary Neal, G, 6-4, 2nd yr
5 Cory Joseph, G, 6-3, 1st yr
22 Tiago Splitter, C, 6-11, 2nd yr
23 Malcolm Thomas, F, 6-9, 1st yr

SUNS RESERVES
1 Josh Childress, F, 6-8, 6th yr
15 Robin Lopez, C, 7-0, 4th yr
11 Markieff Morris, F, 6-10, 1st yr
2 Ronnie Price, G, 6-2, 7th yr
22 Michael Redd, G, 6-6, 12th yr
31 Sebastian Telfair, G, 6-0, 8th yr
21 Hakim Warrick, F, 6-9, 7th yr
26 Shannon Brown, G, 6-4, 6th

COACHES
Spurs: Gregg Popovich
Suns: Alvin Gentry

INJURIES
Spurs: Manu Ginobili (fractured fifth metacarpal, left hand) and T.J. Ford (torn left hamstring) are out.
Suns: Nash (right quad contusion) and Hill (right quad tendon strain) are day-to-day.

PROJECTED INACTIVE PLAYERS
Spurs: Ginobili, Ford.
Suns: None.

NOTABLE
Spurs ran season-opening home winning streak to eight in Friday’s 99-83 win over Portland. … Blazers’ 40.5 percent shooting lowest for Spurs foe since Mavericks hit 35.1 percent on Jan. 5. … Suns are opening season-high five-game road trip that will also take them to Chicago, New York, Boston and Dallas. … Duncan needs nine points to pass ex-Seattle guard Gary Payton for 26th on NBA’s all-time scoring list. … Nash and Hill sat out Phoenix’s 110-103 loss to New Jersey on Friday but are likely today.

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