Curry has been far more hampered by what the Warriors have called a sprained left ankle, which he needed an anti-inflammatory injection for before Game 3 for the third time in these playoffs. Tony Parker is still bothered by a bruised left calf, but he considers the injury more of an annoyance than a major hindrance. Injuries remain a concern for both sides. "Hopefully it's an aberration to be that bad." "We've never shot this poorly for this many games in a stretch," Popovich said.
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San Antonio also made only 14 of 25 free throws and was 7 for 27 on 3-pointers in Game 4. The Spurs, in particular, have struggled to consistently make shots most of the series.
But both teams are coming off a sloppy slugfest where both sides shot below 40 percent and nobody quite felt good about the way they played. Golden State has outrebounded the Spurs in every game and outshot San Antonio in all but Game 3.
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The Spurs are 7-3 in those series but have lost the last two, including a year ago to Oklahoma City in the Western Conference finals. This is the 11th time San Antonio will play a Game 5 of a best-of-seven series tied under coach Gregg Popovich. The Warriors will be on a stage far more familiar to the Spurs now. "There's not really any momentum in the playoffs," said Warriors rookie Harrison Barnes, who scored a career-high 26 points to go with 10 rebounds in the game. Then the Spurs blew an eight-point lead with five minutes to play in regulation in Game 4 when it seemed like the Warriors would wilt. After Golden State's nearly start-to-finish win in Game 2, San Antonio followed with a similar performance in its Game 3 victory. The Warriors wasted a 16-point lead in the final four minutes of regulation in Game 1, which the Spurs won in double overtime on Manu Ginobili's 3-pointer in the final seconds. "I don't know what to read into that, but I think the way that the game flowed (Sunday), kind of a low-scoring versus high-scoring early in the series, you just don't know what to expect." "It's almost like we played better there, and they played better here," said Curry, who scored 22 points on 7-of-15 shooting, including 5 of 10 from 3-point range as a mostly stationary guard in Golden State's 97-87 comeback win in overtime Sunday. That means the Warriors have to do twice in two weeks what took them 16 years to do: win in San Antonio, which doesn't seem nearly the advantage it did days ago. If necessary, a decisive Game 7 would be back in San Antonio on Sunday. Game 6 will be in Oakland on Thursday night. 14, 1997, ending a streak of 30 straight losses in the Alamo City, where the Spurs are tough for anybody to beat. Golden State's Game 2 win was its first in San Antonio since Feb.
Los Angeles won in seven.Įven with sharp-shooting Stephen Curry limping around on a gimpy left ankle, the upstart Warriors are beaming with confidence. The Warriors hadn't won two games beyond the first round since 1977, when they pulled even with the Lakers in the conference semifinals through four games. Home court seemed so huge at the start of the series. This next game is a huge game for both teams." "We're happy we have home court and we're happy to have a game (in Oakland), but there is no comfort level. "They've already won one here, so there is no reason to be comfortable here," Spurs forward Tim Duncan said back at team headquarters in San Antonio.
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