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When/where: Tonight, 8:30 p.m., SBC Center, San Antonio, Texas.

TV, radio: FSN, WRKO (680)

Records: San Antonio is 15-3 (first in the Southwest Division); Boston is 8-10 (second in the Atlantic Division).

Scoring: Tim Duncan 21.2, Tony Parker 20.5, Manu Ginobili 15.2

Rebounds: Duncan 12.1, Ginobili 4.6, Rasho Nesterovic 4.4

Assists: Parker 6.1, Duncan 3.3, Ginobili 3.1

Head to head: San Antonio won the first of two meetings, 103-82, at the TD Banknorth Garden

Miscellany: San Antonio holds a 16-game winning streak over the Green dating back to the pre-Duncan Spurs of 1996 . . . The Celtics are looking to win back-to-back games for the first time this season after a 101-87 win over the Hornets Wednesday night in Oklahoma City . . . The Spurs are one of six teams with two players averaging more than 20 points . . . Parker is shooting .552 from the field, best among starting point guards . . . Spurs coach Greg Popovich has the fourth-highest winning percentage (.665) of all time among coaches with a minimum of 200 victories.

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