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USAToday.com
The Miami Heat may be the defending NBA champions, but the San Antonio Spurs are playing more like champs.
San Antonio looks to win its ninth straight home meeting against a Miami team missing Shaquille O'Neal when the Spurs and Heat face each other Wednesday night at the AT&T Center.
The Spurs (9-2) have won 18 of 19 meetings with the Heat in San Antonio all-time. The lone exception was a 90-79 Miami victory on Dec. 23, 1996.
San Antonio is currently playing well against all opponents as it looks for its fourth straight win. The Spurs will try to improve to 4-2 at home.
San Antonio improved to 6-0 on the road with Monday's 107-98 win over Portland. Tim Duncan scored 13 of his 25 points in the third quarter and Manu Ginobili had 18 of his 25 in the fourth as the Spurs rallied from a 10-point, second-half deficit to win.
``We are really playing better on the road than at home,'' Ginobili said. ``We have a better mentality. We grind games out for 48 minutes.''
Ginobili, whose shooting has been inconsistent to start the season, had his best offensive night of the season, shooting 9-for-14 from the field, including 6-for-6 in the fourth quarter.
``I needed a game like this,'' Ginobili said. ``I don't know if it's going to be a turnaround for the whole season, but it's good for my confidence.''
Ginobili is averaging 15.9 points and shooting 14-for-27 from 3-point range in eight career games versus Miami.
With O'Neal out of the lineup for up to six weeks after left knee surgery, the 6-foot-11 Duncan has a good chance to improve his career numbers against Miami. Duncan is averaging 20.7 points and 13.2 rebounds in 14 career games against the Heat.
All-Star guard Dwyane Wade continues to try to keep the Heat (4-6) afloat until O'Neal is healthy enough to return.
Wade had 29 points Tuesday, but Miami lost 101-86 to the New Orleans Hornets on Tuesday - the fourth defeat in five games for the Heat. The rest of Miami's starters scored 24 points combined.
Miami scored only 15 points and shot 19 percent from the field in the fourth quarter. The Heat are shooting 41.4 percent as a team this season.
``We know we've got to stick together, that's the main thing,'' said Wade, who fell one shy of his third 30-point game in the last four. ``We've been going through the ups, we've been through the downs. The one thing we didn't do last year is we never pointed the finger at each other. We know how it works, but we've got to get it going. ... We're a couple men down, but we've got to always stick together.''
Wade enjoyed great success against San Antonio last season, averaging 33.5 points in two games. The Spurs won both meetings.
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