Spurs stay perfect at home, hand Warriors 33rd straight loss in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO - LaMarcus Aldridge had 26 points and 13 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Golden State Warriors 87-79 on Saturday night to remain perfect at the AT&T Center this season and extend their home dominance over the defending champions to 33 straight regular-season games.

Kawhi Leonard added 18 points and 14 rebounds for San Antonio, which has won 44 straight at home in the regular season, tied for the second-longest streak in NBA history.

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The Spurs held Stephen Curry to 14 points while limiting him to 1-for-12 shooting on 3-pointers.

San Antonio (59-10) moved within three games of Golden State (62-7) for the league's top seed with two games remaining between the two teams.

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San Antonio was able to win a showdown between the league's top two teams with Tim Duncan coming off the bench for only the third time in his career.

The Spurs slowed the speedy Warriors to a more manageable pace in avenging a 120-90 loss in Golden State on Jan. 25 in the teams' only previous meeting this season.

Both teams had kept rolling since, and their combined .882 winning percentage coming into the game was the highest ever for a game this late in the season.

Curry was continually harassed by Danny Green, who blocked two shots while holding the MVP front-runner to 4-for-18 shooting.

Curry missed his first seven 3-point attempts and was blocked for the first time this season from long range when Green rose to stuff the mercurial guard in the first quarter. Curry was able to gather the block and raced wildly into the lane and threw an-over-the-shoulder pass toward Green that was stolen by the Spurs.

Golden State had seven turnovers in the first half and finished with 11 in remaining winless in San Antonio during the regular season since 1997, the season before Duncan was drafted.

Klay Thompson added 15 points for Golden State and Draymond Green had 11.

The Warriors were without starting center Andrew Bogut, forcing Warriors coach Steve Kerr to start Draymond Green at center alongside Harrison Barnes and Brandon Rush.

San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich opted to start Boris Diaw at center in place of Duncan and the change in starting lineup was beneficial immediately, as the 6-foot-8 Frenchman made his first three attempts as San Antonio took an 8-5 lead.

The Spurs were then able to slow down the Warriors, limiting the NBA's highest-scoring team to 37 points in the first half.