SPIKE LEE RETROSPECTIVE.

Byline: Bob McCarthy Daily News Staff Writer

If you've seen Spike Lee sitting courtside at New York Knicks games, you know he digs basketball and dogs high-scoring Reggie Miller of the archrival Indiana Pacers. But, this hoops-loving, towel-waving actor-director has put up some pretty impressive statistics himself. Consider:

He had a direct hand in transforming Michael Jordan from a NBA superstar to an international sports icon through the highly entertaining commercials he made for Nike. (Lee played a character named Mars Blackmon). He brought the biography of Malcolm X to the screen, recounted one of the horrors of the civil-rights struggle in ``4 Little Girls,'' got in everybody's face with his controversial ``Do the Right Thing'' and is credited with getting the ball rolling for indie filmmakers with his 1986 feature debut ``She's Gotta Have It.''

This gifted and outspoken filmmaker will make a personal appearance at Monday night's opening of a 12-film retrospective ``Out in the Streets: The Films of Spike Lee,'' at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Lee will mount a discussion after the screening of ``Malcolm X,'' starring Denzel Washington as the charismatic speaker and black-nationalist leader. The retrospective takes place in the Rigler Theater at the Egyptian, the new home of the American Cinematheque.

The series runs Monday through Saturday. His first short feature, ``Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads,'' is an added bonus on Tuesday's night's double bill of ``Do the Right Thing'' (7 p.m.) and ``4 Little Girls'' (9:45 p.m.). Following nights will feature ``Crooklyn,'' ``She's Gotta Have It,'' ``Jungle Fever'' ``School Daze,'' ``Girl 6,'' ``Mo' Better Blues,'' ``Clockers,'' `Get on the Bus,'' ``He Got Game'' and ``Freaks.''

The Egyptian is at 6712 Hollywood Blvd. Call [phone], Ext. 2, for program information. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the box office; Cinematheque members may fax ticket requests to [phone]. Tickets cost $7 general, $5 for members.