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Game Preview: Warriors vs. Spurs - 3/31/23

Warriors 2-0 vs. Spurs This Season

FINAL GAME OF FOUR-GAME HOMESTAND
The Warriors can clinch a .500 or better record this season as they go for win number 41 against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday. The Spurs enter Friday's game on a five-game losing streak and have lost both games against the Warriors this season. In their last matchup against the Spurs, the Dubs put up a season-high 144 points in front of the largest crowd in NBA history, as 68,323 fans packed the Alamodome in San Antonio on Jan. 13.


Warriors vs. Spurs
Friday, March 31 | Tipoff: 7 p.m.
WATCH: NBC Sports Bay Area (local); League Pass (non-local)
LISTEN: 95.7 The Game, Warriors Mobile App and Warriors Radio Network
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LAST TIME OUT
The Warriors completed their second-largest comeback of the season, led by Stephen Curry's 39 points and eight 3-pointers, defeating the New Orleans Pelicans 120-109 Tuesday at Chase Center. The Dubs trailed by as many as 20 points, but outscored the Pelicans 74-46 in the second half. » Full Game Recap

MATCHUP AT A GLANCE

GSWSAS
40-3719-57
6th in West14th in West
PTS: 118.2 (2nd)PTS: 112.1 (25th)
REB: 44.1 (10th)REB: 43.3 (15th)
AST: 29.5 (1st)AST: 27.0 (5th)

PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS
GSW: Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Donte DiVincenzo, Jonathan Kuminga and Draymond Green
SAS: Tre Jones, Malaki Branham, Keita Bates-Diop, Julian Champagine and Zach Collins

INJURY & ROSTER NOTES
GSW: Andre Iguodala (left wrist surgery), Ryan Rollins (right foot surgery) and Andrew Wiggins (personal reasons) are out. Team Notes
SAS: Charles Bassey (left patella; non-displaced fracture), Khem Birch (right knee; chondromalacia), Zach Collins (left foot; injury management) and Jermey Sochan (right knee; soreness) are OUT. Keldon Johnson (left foot; soreness), Romeo Langford (left foot; soreness), Doug McDermott (right lateral elbow; soreness) and Devin Vassell (left knee; injury management) are questionable. Team Notes

250+ THREES FOR BOTH SPLASH BROTHERS
For the third time in their career, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have each made at least 250 3-pointers (they also accomplished this feat in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons). The Splash Brothers are the only teammates to reach this milestone in NBA history. Klay Thompson ranks first in 3-pointers made this season with a career-high 278 triples, while Stephen Curry, despite missing 26 games, is third with 250 threes.

TEAM LEADERS

GSWSAS
PTS: Curry (29.4)PTS: Johnson (22.0)
REB: Looney (9.1)REB: Collins (6.3)
AST: D. Green (6.8)AST: Jones (6.3)

SAN ANTONIO SCOUTING REPORT
With a record of 19-57 the San Antonio Spurs are officially eliminated from playoff contention. However, the Spurs have several young pieces who have shown flashes this season, including Keldon Johnson (22.0 PPG; 5.1 RPG), Devin Vassell (18.5 PPG; 38.7 3PT%) Jeremy Sochan (11.0 PPG; 5.3 RPG) and Tre Jones (12.5 PPG; 6.3 APG).

Under Head Coach Gregg Popovich, the Spurs have prided themselves on ball and player movement, just like the Warriors. As a result, the Spurs rank fifth in assists per game (27.0) and second in potential assists per game (50.0). However, they are held back by their shooting struggles, ranking 25th in field goal percentage (46.5%) and 3-point percentage (34.3%). They are also the second-worst free throw shooting team, knocking down just 73.9 percent from the charity stripe.