San Antonio Spurs’ Patty Mills, Rudy Gay fined in dust-up – San Antonio Express-News
When/where: 7:30 p.m.; AT&T Center
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PROBABLE STARTERS
Pistons: PG Killian Hayes (6-5, 1st), SG Josh Jackson (6-8, 4th), SF Saddiq Bey (6-7, 1st), PF Tyler Cook (6-8, 2nd), C Isaiah Stewart (6-8, 1st)
Spurs: PG Dejounte Murray (6-4, 4th year), SG Derrick White (6-4, 4th), SF DeMar DeRozan (6-6, 12th), PF Keldon Johnson (6-5, 2nd), C Jakob Poeltl (7-1, 5th)
RESERVES
Pistons: G/F Hamidou Diallo (6-5, 3rd year), F Sekou Doumbouya (6-8, 2nd), G Wayne Ellington (6-4, 12th), F Jerami Grant (6-8, 7th), G Frank Jackson (6-3, 3rd), G Cory Joseph (6-3, 10th), G Saben Lee (6-2, 1st), G Rodney McGruder (6-4, 5th), C Jahlil Okafor (6-10, 6th), C Mason Plumlee (6-11, 8th), G Deividas Sirvydis (6-8, 1st), G Dennis Smith Jr. (6-2, 4th).
Spurs: G Patty Mills (6-1, 12th year), F Rudy Gay (6-8, 15th), G/F Lonnie Walker (6-4, 3rd), G/F Devin Vassell (6-5, 1st), F/C Drew Eubanks (6-9, 3rd) F Gorgui Dieng (6-10, 8th), G Tre Jones (6-1, 1st), F Keita Bates-Diop (6-8, 3rd), F Cameron Reynolds (6-7, 2nd), G Quinndary Weatherspoon (6-3, 2nd). Inactive: Trey Lyles (right ankle sprain)
COACHES
Pistons: Dwane Casey
Spurs: Gregg Popovich
STAT LEADERS
Pistons: Points, Grant, 22.4 per game; rebounds, Plumlee, 9.0; assists, Joseph, 5.6; steals, Joseph, 1.3; blocks, Grant, Stewart, 1.1
Spurs: Points, DeRozan, 21.1; rebounds, Poeltl, 8.0; assists, DeRozan, 7.2; steals, Murray, 1.6; blocks, Poeltl, 1.6
NOTABLE
In the first meeting this season between the teams, the Spurs shot a season-best 56 percent (47 of 83), including 48 percent (12 of 25) from 3-point range, in a 109-99 win last month in Detroit. The Spurs, who have won five in a row over the Pistons at the AT&T Center, are 8-0 this season when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.
Bey holds the NBA rookie record for most games with six or more 3-pointers with five. In the Pistons’ 109-105 win over Cleveland on Monday, the former Villanova standout eclipsed his own franchise record for 3-pointers made in a quarter by a rookie with six in the first. That’s one shy of the all-time NBA mark for a rookie set by Coby White of Chicago last season.
The Spurs’ bench entered Wednesday’s game against Miami ranked sixth in the NBA in points (38.1), fourth in made 3-pointers (5.5) and seventh in 3-point percentage (.377)
Tom Orsborn