Spurs go restless into GSW

The San Antonio Spurs are thrilled to be in the Western Conference finals for the first time since winning the title in 2014.

But they won’t have much time to celebrate with a series against the well-rested Warriors starting tomorrow at Golden State.

In fact, they were barely going to give themselves two hours to bask in their 114-75 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 6 before looking ahead.

“We’re just going to enjoy this one right now until midnight, at least,” Danny Green said. “I think this one prepared us for the next one. They’re a fast-paced team that likes to shoot on the perimeter. We have to communicate even better and be more perfect because it doesn’t get any easier.”

While San Antonio fought through six games with the Rockets, the Warriors have been off since wrapping up a sweep of the Utah Jazz on Monday.

Along with the fatigue factor, there are also questions about the their lineup heading in Game 1 after AllStar Kawhi Leonard sat out on Thursday after rolling his left ankle in Game 5.

Coach Gregg Popovich didn’t provide many details about Leonard’s injury. When asked if he protested when he chose to sit him, Popovich said: “He’d rather play.” But it still seemed to be bothering him quite a bit after the game when he headed to the bus still walking with a noticeable limp.

The Spurs certainly will need his stellar defensive skills to contend with a Warriors team that swept the Jazz and Trail Blazers.

“We understand that the team we’re now facing is the most dangerous team in the league with a lot of weapons,” Pau Gasol said. “You have to prepare for this team a different way. The challenges they present, in some ways, are similar to Houston as far as the ability to shoot the ball from the 3-point line, but they have different personnel overall.”