By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

SAN ANTONIO — In what many believed to be the biggest game on the NBA calendar this year, the San Antonio Spurs held court, dispatching the NBA World Champions Golden State Warriors 87-79 Saturday night to improve to an NBA-best 35-0 at home in front another sellout crowd at the AT&T Center.

The Spurs were fueled by power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, who appeared unstoppable finishing with 26 points and 13 rebounds against a Warriors team that were held to a season-low in total points and beaten their California rivals 33-straight games in the Alamo City dating back to 1997.

“They’re a great team, they’re the bar in the NBA and it felt good to get a win tonight,” Aldridge said after the Spurs (59-10), moved within three games of Golden State (62-7) for the best record in the NBA with two more meetings in April.

Kawhi Leonard added 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Boris Diaw added 14 points and eight rebounds to help San Antonio win their 44th-straight home game in the regular season, tying the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls for second all-time in NBA history.

San Antonio handcuffed and harassed league MVP Stephen Curry the entire night, limiting the Warriors’ most lethal weapon to just 14 points on 4-of-18 shooting (1-of-12 from 3-point range) and six assists. Spurs’ shooting guard Danny Green made life difficult for Curry, blocking two of Curry’s shots.

“Tonight we executed well on the defensive end, but offensively I didn’t allow us to get comfortable offensively,” the reining league MVP said after the game.

Klay Thompson scored 15 points, and Draymond Green finished with 11 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists.

San Antonio decided to started Boris Diaw at center, opting to bring Tim Duncan off the bench and proved to be one of the difference makers as Golden State were forced to start Brandon Rush in the frontcourt with Green and Harrison Barnes.

Green started at center in place for the injured Andrew Bogut, who injured his toe in Golden State’s 130-112 victory over the Mavericks in Dallas Friday night.

Golden State travels to Minnesota to take on the Timberwolves Monday at the Target Center before returning home to face to Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday back at Oracle Arena.