Warriors-Spurs playoff history
1991
Warriors win first-round, best-of-five 3-1 GAME 1: at Spurs 130, Warriors 121 — Golden State had “Run-TMC,” Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin, but the Spurs dropped a triple-30 on Golden State with David Robinson and Rod Strickland each scoring 30 and Willie Anderson (yes, Willie Anderson) scoring a post-seasonand career-high 38. Said Warriors coach Don Nelson, “The lesson is that we have to play good basketball every quarter against a great team or we’re not going to have a chance.” GAME 2: Warriors 111, at Spurs 98 — The Warriors deployed their Lithuanian secret weapon, Sarunas Marciulionis (6-for-9, 16 points in 19 minutes off the bench), to even the series in what proved to be the last game played in San Antonio that season. Robinson scored a game-high 28 for the Spurs, but Anderson (19 points) cooled off and Strickland (3-for-12, eight points) all but vanished. Mullin scored 27, Hardaway 20 and Richmond 16 for Golden State. GAME 3: at Warriors 109, Spurs 106 — It was hard finding anyone who could make sense of the Warriors hanging on after blowing two 11-point, fourthquarter leads — “We did things against the laws of gravity,” said Nelson — and the win wasn’t secured until Robinson and Strickland missed potential game-tying threes in the final seconds. Marciulionis was huge again off the bench (21 points), Richmond had 27 and Mullin and Hardaway 22 each. Robinson’s 27 led the Spurs, who got 24 from Sean Elliott, a college teammate of Steve Kerr at Arizona. GAME 4: at Warriors 110, Spurs 97 — Hardaway scored 32, Mullin 23 and Richmond 17, but it was Tom Tolbert’s dunk that ended a game that led Nelson to say, “I’ve had a lot of great wins in my career, but I can’t remember a better win than this one.” Mullin added 23 and Richmond 17, along with 11 rebounds. “We’ve just got more heart than their team,” said Hardaway.
2013
Spurs wins second-round, best-of-seven 4-2 GAME 1: at Spurs 129, Warriors 127 2OT — Fresh off a stirring first-round defeat of Denver, the Warriors wasted a 44-point game by Stephen Curry by blowing a 16-point lead with four minutes to play, eventually falling in the second overtime. Tony Parker’s 28 led the Spurs, who did something rarely done: They outshot the Warriors from distance (13-for-26 to Golden State’s 11-for-30). GAME 2: Warriors 100, at Spurs 91 — The Warriors came perilously close to blowing another big lead (a 20-point advantage with eight minutes to play was trimmed to six with 4:23 to go), but they held on to even the series and snap a 30-game losing streak in San Antonio. Klay Thompson stepped into the spotlight, riding 8-for-9 threepoint shooting to a game-high 34 points. GAME 3: Spurs 102, at Warriors 92 — An allaround forgettable game for the Warriors, who were led by Thompson’s 17, shot poorly overall (39.3 percent) and from distance (31.6), and held their breath as Curry rolled his surgically repaired left ankle. Parker had 32 for the Spurs, who shot 50.6 percent. GAME 4: at Warriors 97, Spurs 87, OT — With Curry (22 points) limited by his balky ankle, the Warriors needed eight points from reserve guard Jarrett Jack in the final 4½ minutes to force overtime, where they outscored the Spurs 13-3 to even the series. Harrison Barnes scored a team-high 26 and Jack finished with 24 for Golden State. GAME 5: at Spurs 109, Warriors 91 — All you need to know about this game: Warriors starters Curry (nine), Thompson (four) and Andrew Bogut (two) combined for 15 points. Curry missed six of his seven three-point attempts and was a game-worst minus-21. Barnes scored 25 and Jack 20. Parker led the Spurs with 25 and second-year forward Kawhi Leonard had 17 on 7-for-8 shooting (3-for-4 from distance). GAME 6: Spurs 94, at Warriors 82 — The ailing Warriors (Curry and Bogut, ankles; David Lee, torn right hip flexor) made one last surge, cutting their deficit to 82-79 with 2:20 to play, but three-pointers from Leonard and Parker sealed the deal and brought to an end Golden State’s first postseason in six years. “It's inspiring to think of what we were able to accomplish this year and the foundation that's been laid for the future,” coach Mark Jackson said. The Warriors have made the playoffs every year since.