Despite a recent slip, the San Antonio Spurs have been playing much better at home recently.

That's not likely to change Saturday night.

The Spurs try for a 21st straight home victory over the reeling Golden State Warriors, who will also try to avoid a ninth consecutive loss overall.

With Manu Ginobili injured to start the season, San Antonio (10-8) lost its first three games at the AT&T Center. The Spurs have played better there since, and are 5-5 at home heading into this contest.

Even with a healthy Ginobili and Tony Parker in the lineup together again, the Spurs lost 98-77 at home to Detroit on Tuesday. They then took to the road Thursday and defeated Denver 108-91.

"We're just trying to right our ship right now; it doesn't matter who we play,'' said forward Tim Duncan, averaging 20.9 points and a team-leading 10.3 rebounds. "We're trying to get ourselves right."

If the Spurs are trying to right their ship, Golden State's continues to take on water.

The Warriors own the league's longest active losing streak, and are trying to avoid dropping nine straight for the first time since March 27-April 11, 2006. While the Warriors took two of three games overall from the Spurs in 2007-08, they haven't won in San Antonio since a 108-94 victory on Feb. 14, 1997 - during the season prior to Duncan's arrival in the NBA.

Ending that drought won't be easy for Golden State (5-14), which lost 131-112 at Houston on Friday while allowing 130 points or more for the third straight game. Traditionally one of the NBA's weaker defensive teams, Golden State is again at the bottom of the league giving up 111.4 points per contest.

That won't bode well against the Spurs, who shot 50.0 percent from the field against Denver. Parker scored 22 points, while Duncan and Ginobili each added 21 as San Antonio avoided a third consecutive loss overall.

"I think as a team we played some of our best basketball,'' said Duncan, who is averaging 25.7 points and 13.3 rebounds in his last three games versus Golden State. "We were a lot more consistent defensively. To get a win against a team that's playing very good makes us feel we're back on track.''

Parker is averaging 17.5 points and 6.7 assists in four games since missing nine in a row with an ankle injury. In his last two games versus the Warriors, he has totaled 57 points while shooting 61.5 percent (24-for-39) and recording 15 assists.

Golden State shot 54.2 percent Friday at Houston, but was outscored 43-28 in the fourth quarter by the Rockets.

Corey Maggette had 23 points and 10 rebounds, while former Spur Stephen Jackson scored 26 before being ejected with 1:35 left. Golden State coach Don Nelson was also ejected earlier in the second half as frustration continued to mount for the Warriors.

Jackson, a member of San Antonio's 2002-03 NBA championship team, is averaging a team-high 20.9 points per game. He bounced back Friday after scoring a season-low eight points in 49 minutes of an overtime loss to Miami on Monday.

Maggette is averaging 28.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in his last three games.