Spurs shut down Curry, Warriors/
LOS ANGELES—The San Antonio Spurs overpowered Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors, winning the clash of NBA heavyweights 87-79 on Saturday to remain perfect on their home floor this season.
The reigning NBA champion Warriors might be marching toward a single-season record for victories, but they still couldn’t find a way to win in San Antonio, where they haven’t come away with a victory since Feb. 14, 1997.
The Spurs improved to 59-10 and 35-0 at home. They have won 44 straight regular-season games in San Antonio in a streak dating to last March.
San Antonio’s streak is tied for the second-longest in NBA history behind only the continuing home streak of Golden State, now at 50 games.
The Spurs asserted themselves against a Warriors team that beat them in Oakland on Jan. 25, and point guard Tony Parker said they learned from that game that they couldn’t let the Warriors dictate the pace.
“This time we tried to slow it down and tried to control it,” Parker said.
San Antonio cut the Warriors’ first-place lead in the Western Conference to three games with two more matchups between the two left in the regular season.
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 26 points and pulled down 13 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard added 18 points and 14 rebounds for the Spurs, who held reigning NBA MVP Curry to 14 points.
Curry connected on just four of 18 shots—only one of 12 from three-point range.
Golden State can still set the NBA record with 73 victories if it closes the season 11-2.
Elsewhere, Dwyane Wade scored 24 points to surpass 20,000 for his career as Miami never trailed in beating Cleveland, 122-101.
In Indianapolis, Russell Westbrook had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists—his 14th triple-double as Oklahoma City beat Indiana, 115-111.
Other NBA results: Memphis 113, LA Clippers 102; Atlanta 109, Houston 97; Chicago 92, Utah 85; Washington 99, New York 89; Denver 101, Charlotte 93.