The Miami Heat sat LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers for Sunday's game against the San Antonio Spurs.

Miami denied that the decision to sit the trio had anything to do with San Antonio famously sitting a number of stars on Nov. 29.

James sat with a hamstring strain, while Wade and Chalmers are dealing with ankle issues.

When asked if this was a response to the Spurs players resting in the previous matchup, Erik Spoelstra said, "I could see where you guys would draw those conclusions, but no."

Gregg Popovich couldn't help sarcastically feed controversy.

"What kind of (expletive) is that?" he told reporters before tipoff. "Are you kidding? What a bunch of rummies. Who would think of something like that. That's below the belt. There's no place for that stuff."