The San Antonio Spurs are hosting the Miami Heat on Thursday to conclude their first home stand of the season. They’ve got a good chance to become the first team in franchise history to start 5-0, but it should be one of their toughest challenges up to this point in the season.

The Heat thrive when outsider expectations are low. They have only one win against a quality opponent, in this case, the New York Knicks, but their other two have come against lower-grade outfits. Still, they’ve done what’s expected of a good team: wiping the floor when the other is significantly inferior.

One thing the Spurs might want to do is limit Bismack Biyombo’s minutes. They should either go smaller with Harrison Barnes at the five or have Slick Vic play more minutes because the Heat know how to expose a w

See Full Page