‘It was men and boys’ – Popovich laments Spurs loss to Warriors

And they know it.

Nobody, not even the most die-hard Warriors fans, had Curry scoring 37 points and sitting the entire fourth quarter – against the Spurs. Then offensively the Warriors exploited matchups with Shaun Livingston (6-6, 13 points, 17 minutes) playing a huge role off the bench while Klay Thompson (4-10, 11 points) had a quiet night.

“Why not? It’s the two teams with the best record, playing it up would seem to be logical to me”, he said. It’s rare in the National Basketball Association for two teams to be winning at the pace the Golden State Warriors and the SSpurs are setting, especially at the same time.

In ATS trends, the Spurs are 4-1 ATS in their last five road games and 14-5 ATS in their last 19 games following a win, while the Warriors are 1-4 ATS in their last five home games and 1-4 ATS in their last five games following a win.

“I liked pretty much everything about tonight”, said Kerr, whose team shot 51.8 percent from the field against the league’s No. 1 defense.

Rockets beat Pelicans, just: James Harden made it 112-109, before Jrue Holiday’s layup closed the gap to 112-111 with just over 28 seconds left in the game.

One man’s absence wasn’t a factor, according to Popovich.

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Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors shoots a three-point basket over Jonathon Simmons of the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night.

San Antonio is still a yawning 12-1/2 games clear atop the Southwest Division ahead of Memphis, which won in overtime against struggling Orlando. “We obviously did that tonight”.

Curry galloped down the court and pounded his chest after his second straight 3-pointer and 10th consecutive point put Golden State up 76-56 with 7:55 to go in the third.

The Warriors had 21 assists on 24 baskets in the first half, 31 on 44 in all.

“We didn’t let them get any open looks, particularly on the open 3s they like to get, and we were able to get our hands on a lot of balls”, said Brandon Rush, who also scored 13.

Curry added 18 points to his total in the third while almost outscoring San Antonio (19) singlehandedly.

And yet they have only a two-game lead over the Spurs in the West.

Draymond Green backed up Curry with 11 points, nine rebounds and six assists.

Since losing to the Bulls back on January 27, 2015, the Warriors have rattled of an unbelievable 38-game home winning streak, including starting the 2015-2016 season 20-0 at home. Point guard Tony Parker also managed just five points, and long-range shooting threat Danny Green was held to three. San Antonio wins by larger margins, helped along by a league-best defence. They won in a 120-90 thrashing Monday night, treating the vaunted Spurs as if they were any other opposing team coming into Oracle Arena to face annihilation. Asked to describe his anxiety level before the game, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich admitted, “I’ve got butterflies in my gut”.