San Antonio Express-News

Raptors (0-1) at Spurs (1-0) NOTABLE

- JEFF MCDONALD

PG Kyle Lowry (6-0, 15th), SG Fred VanVleet (6-1, 5th year), SF O.G. Anunoby (6-7, 4th), PF Pascal Siakam (6-9, 5th), C Aron Baynes (6-10, 9th).

PG Dejounte Murray (6-4, 5th year), SG DeMar DeRozan (6-6, 12th), SF Lonnie Walker IV (6-5, 3rd), PF Keldon Johnson (6-5, 2nd), C LaMarcus Aldridge (6-11, 15th).

RESERVES

F DeAndre Bembry (6-5, 5th year), F Chris Boucher (6-9, 4th), G Terence Davis II (6-4, 2nd), G Malachi Flynn (6-1, 1st), F Stanley Johnson (6-6, 6th), C Alex Len (7-0, 8th), G Norman Powell (6-3, 6th), G Matt Thomas (6-4, 2nd), F Yuta Watanabe (6-9, 3rd), G/F Pat Watson Jr. (6-6, 2nd). Inactive: Patrick McCaw (left knee surgery), Jalen Harris.

Spurs: G Patty Mills (6-1, 12th year), F Drew Eubanks (6-9, 3rd), G Tre Jones (6-1, 1st), F Trey Lyles (6-9, 6th), F Luka Samanic (6-10, 2nd), G/F Devin Vassell (6-5, 1st), F Rudy Gay (6-8, 15th), C Jakob Poeltl (7-1, 4th) Inactive: Derrick White (toe surgery), Kieta Bates-Diop (ankle sprain), Quinndary Weatherspo­on (knee surgery).

Nick Nurse Gregg Popovich

STAT LEADERS

Points, Siakam, 20.0 per game; rebounds, Baynes, 9.0; assists, Lowry, 10.0; steals, VanVleet, Anunoby, 3.0; blocks, Boucher, Anunoby, 2.0

Spurs: Points, DeRozan, 28.0 per game; rebounds, DeRozan, 9.0; assists, DeRozan, Murray, 9.0; steals, Johnson 3.0; blocks, Gay, 3.0

In four meetings since being traded to the Spurs from Toronto, DeRozan has averaged 20.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 7.5 assists while hitting 52.1 percent from the field. The Spurs have split those games 2-2. The last time the Raptors visited the AT&T Center, Siakam scored 35 points and made five 3-pointers to key a 110-106 win for Toronto. That came on Jan. 26, in a game played hours after the NBA learned of the death of Lakers star Kobe Bryant. Baynes, who is in his first season with Toronto, spent his first three NBA campaigns with the Spurs from 2012 to 2015, winning a championsh­ip in 2014. Baynes also has played for Detroit, Boston and Phoenix.

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