PREVIEW: Another Test For Warriors (63-13), At San Antonio Spurs (50-26), Without Suspended Shaun Livingston

Golden State Warriors (63-13) at San Antonio Spurs (50-26)

Tip-off: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 – 4:00PM PDT

Location: AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX

TV: CSN Bay Area | Radio: KNBR 680 AM

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Projected Starting Lineups:

Warriors

PG: Stephen Curry (23.6 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 7.7 APG)

SG: Klay Thompson (21.7 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 3.0 APG)

SF: Harrison Barnes (10.2 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 1.4 APG)

PF: Draymond Green (11.7 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 3.6 APG)

C: Andrew Bogut (6.2 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 2.7 APG)

Head Coach: Steve Kerr (63-13, .829)

Spurs

PG: Tony Parker (14.6 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 5.0 APG)

SG: Danny Green (12.0 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 1.9 APG)

SF: Kawhi Leonard (16.1 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 2.6 APG)

PF: Tim Duncan (13.6 PPG, 9.1 APG, 3.0 APG)

C: Aron Baynes (6.4 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 0.5 APG)

Head Coach: Gregg Popovich (1017-469, .684)

Last Times Out

LAST WARRIORS GAME: On Saturday, 4/4/2015, the Warriors defeated the Mavericks, 123-110, as seven Golden State players scored in double-digits.

LAST SPURS GAME: On Friday, 4/3/2015, the Spurs defeated the Nuggets, 123-93, in San Antonio.

LAST WARRIORS-SPURS MATCHUP: On 2/20/2015, Golden State defeated San Antonio, 110-99, as the Warriors limited Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Duncan each to single-digit scoring outputs.

LAST WARRIORS-SPURS MATCHUP AT SAN ANTONIO: On 4/2/2014, San Antonio defeated Golden State, 111-90, as the Warriors played without three starters — Bogut, David Lee, and Andre Iguodala — due to various injuries.

Game Notes

• “Shaun Livingston has been suspended one game without pay for hitting Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki in the groin.” — Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle

• “Tiago Splitter out tonight” — Diamond Leung, Bay Area News Group

• “Pop on Splitter: ‘It’s not real serious but he’ll be out a while.'” — Dan McCarney, San Antonio Express-News

• “Golden State, though, can capture its first regular-season victory in San Antonio since 1996-97 – before Tim Duncan arrived. The Warriors have lost by an average of 16.5 points during San Antonio’s longest active home winning streak against any team.
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  They did manage a 100-91 road win over the Spurs in the 2013 conference semifinals, but lost the series in six games.
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  San Antonio appears to be gearing up for another playoff run during a six-game winning streak. The club is now just two games back of the Southwest Division lead and a half-game behind the fifth-place Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference.
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  Danny Green finished with 21 points while hitting all six of his 3-point attempts in Friday’s 123-93 home win over Denver. Kawhi Leonard scored 20 and Aron Baynes added a career-high 18 points for a second straight game.
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  San Antonio (50-26) scored 45 in the first quarter, but lost Tiago Splitter to a right calf injury and he’s already been ruled out for this game. The Spurs have won 16 of 19 since Splitter moved into the starting lineup.
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  ‘Him healthy is what we want,’ Duncan said. ‘He’s gotten a rhythm right now and he’s gotten a confidence. I think that would hurt him a lot more (to miss games) than it would hurt us.'” — Taylor Bechtold, AP/STATS