Warriors Downed by Spurs on the Road Again

By: Eric He

The Golden State Warriors haven’t won a game in San Antonio since 1997, and the streak continued on Sunday night with a 107-92 blowout by the Spurs over the NBA’ best team.

The Warriors came in having won their last 12 games, but ran into a brick wall as the Spurs dominated from the beginning and never looked back.

Stephen Curry’s 24 points kept the Warriors afloat — he trimmed a 23-point deficit down to 14 all by himself with 13 straight points in the third quarter — but received little help from his teammates. Klay Thompson had just six points, and Andrew Bogut was the only other starter to score in double figures.

Meanwhile, the Spurs were paced by 26 points from Kawhi Leonard, who also had seven steals, imposing his will on both ends of the floor.

The Warriors trailed 57-38 at halftime and the Spurs extended the lead to 89-67 at the end of the third quarter, despite Curry’s best efforts.

San Antonio received contributions all around and shot a blistering 53.0 percent from the field. Meanwhile, Golden State was held to just 42.9 percent shooting.

Notes

The Warriors were playing on the back-end of a back-to-back after beating the Mavericks the night before. … Shaun Livingston was suspended one game for a flagrant foul on Dirk Nowitzki on Saturday night. … The Spurs have beaten the Warriors twice this season, the only team to do so. … Next up for the Warriors are the Pelicans on Tuesday in New Orleans.

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