Thursday: Spurs (2-0) at Rockets (0-1)

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

STARTING LINEUPS

Point guard
Spurs: 9 Tony Parker (6-2, 11th yr)
Rockets: 7 Kyle Lowry (6-0, 6th yr)
Lowry opened season with 20-12 double-double vs. Magic

Shooting guard
Spurs: 20 Manu Ginobili (6-6, 10th yr)
Rockets: 12 Kevin Martin (6-7, 8th yr)
Martin made only 1 of 10 shots, went 0 for 6 on 3-pointers in opener.

Small forward
Spurs: 24 Richard Jefferson (6-7, 11th yr)
Rockets: 10 Chase Budinger (6-7, 3rd yr)
Jefferson made 3 of 7 on 3-pointers in season-opening victory Monday

Power forward
Spurs: 21 Tim Duncan (6-11, 15th yr)
Rockets: 4 Luis Scola (6-9, 5th yr)
Scola scored 19, grabbed 7 rebounds in season opener.

Center
Spurs: 45 DeJuan Blair (6-7, 3rd yr)
Rockets: 27 Jordan HIll (7-1, 3rd yr)
Hill went 3 for 3 on FG but split time with Sam Dalembert in opener.

SPURS RESERVES
25 James Anderson, G, 6-6, 2nd yr
15 Matt Bonner, C/F, 6-10, 8th yr
11 T.J. Ford, G, 6-0, 8th yr
4 Danny Green, G/F, 6-6, 3rd yr
5 Cory Joseph, G, 6-3, 1st yr
2 Kawhi Leonard, F, 6-7, 1st yr
14 Gary Neal, G, 6-4, 2nd yr
22 Tiago Splitter, C, 6-11, 2nd

ROCKETS RESERVES
8 Jeff Adrien, F, 6-7, 1st yr
21 S. Dalembert, C, 6-11, 10th yr
9 Johnny Flynn, G, 6-3, 3rd yr
5 Courtney Lee, G/F, 6-5, 4th yr
3 Marcus Morris, F, 6-9, 1st yr
54 Patrick Patterson, F, 6-9, 2nd yr
32 Hasheem Thabeet, C, 7-3, 3rd yr
1 T. Williams, F-G, 6-6, 3rd yr

COACHES
Spurs: Gregg Popovich
Rockets: Kevin McHale

INJURIES
Spurs: Gary Neal (appendectomy) is out.
Rockets: Patrick Patterson (right ankle) is questionable.

PROJECTED INACTIVE PLAYERS
Spurs: Neal
Rockets: Patterson, Jeff Adrien

NOTABLE
Spurs and Rockets split a pair of preseason games, each team winning on its home court. … Spurs won 2010-11 season series 3-1. … Rockets signed Dalembert to a contract Tuesday. … Neal, who underwent an appendectomy Dec. 12, has been cleared to begin some contact work in practices after the team returns to San Antonio after this game.

– Mike Monroe

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