The Warriors had no issues when hosting the Spurs on January 25 as they rolled to a 120-90 victory and they now attempt to halt San Antonio’s 43-game homecourt winning streak.
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The Spurs (59-10) remained undefeated at home this season and trimmed the Warriors’ first-place lead to three games with two more matchups left in the regular season between the two teams.
The Warriors – the team that nearly never loses these days – have lost a staggering 32 straight regular-season games against the Spurs in San Antonio, a skid that predates 39-year-old Tim Duncan’s entrance into the league.
Yes, the Spurs slipped past the Warriors with an 87-79 win Saturday to drop the record of the defending champs to 62-7 and extend their losing streak in San Antonio to 33 games.
In a highly anticipated matchup the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Golden State Warriors Saturday night in San Antonio.
The Spurs held Warriors superstar Stephen Curry to 14 points while limiting him to 1-for-12 shooting on 3-pointers. They only forced 10 Golden State turnovers but converted them into 11 points, compared to just seven points for the Warriors off San Antonio’s 17 turnovers.
San Antonio is coming off consecutive wins over some of the best teams in the Western Conference.
It was a low-scoring affair, at least by the Warriors’ standards.
These teams still have two more games against each other in the regular season, one each at Oracle Arena and the AT&T Center. “Any time a game in the regular season gets this much hype, it’s great for us”.
It will pit the Association’s two best teams against one another in what could very well be a preview of the Western Conference Finals. Kawhi Leonard is averaging 21 points and 2.5 assists while LaMarcus Aldridge is averaging 17.7 points and 8.4 rebounds. Kerr had to be physically restrained by his assistant coaches. – Aldridge on the Spurs’ fourth-quarter defense.
Kerr also added, “It seems every time we have lost one this year, we’ve won 10 in a row”. It took until March 19 for us to say that, which is another impressive footnote in a season full of them for this Golden State team.
BULLS 92, JAZZ 85: Derrick Rose scored 22 points to lead short-handed Chicago to a victory over visiting Utah, which had won four straight. March Madness including IN vs. Kentucky, then you have Cavs at Miami, but then at 8:30, I’m all IN for the biggest National Basketball Association game of the season. The moved worked as Diaw produced 14 points, eight rebounds and two assists, helping the Spurs to a 53-37 rebounding advantage, and providing solid defense.
“We got ’em pretty good last time, so I’m sure they’re going to be pumped and ready”, Kerr said of the Spurs.
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Aldridge finished with 26 points and 13 rebounds, and he was aided by Leonard’s 18 points and 14 rebounds. Their fewest points scored in a half was 42 in a Curry-less loss to the Dallas Mavericks, per B/R Insights; they scored 37 in the first half Saturday.
