Everything has gone wrong for the Golden State Warriors this season. They resolved a bit of in-house drama with the Jonathon Kuminga trade, but they\u2019ve been without Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler since before the All Star break. Butler is out for the foreseeable future with a torn ACL, while Curry has been dealing with a knee ailment of his own and hasn\u2019t played since the end of January. Without those two guys, Golden State\u2019s already slim margin of competing with the league\u2019s best becomes nonexistent. They\u2019re going to play some extra basketball in the play-in thanks to an 11-game cushion between them and the 11th spot West team and Curry is expected to return soon, but no one is expecting them to make any serious noise as presently constructed.<\/p>\n
The San Antonio Spurs meanwhile continue to roll along towards the end of the regular season. They\u2019ve lost just 2 games since the beginning of February, solidifying themselves alongside the Oklahoma City Thunder as the two preeminent squads in the league as the playoffs approach. Tonight\u2019s game is the first on their very last road trip of the regular season, a 3-game trek that starts in California and ends in Denver. They\u2019re on the cusp of their first 60-win season since 2016-2017 and with the #1 seed very much still up for grabs, don\u2019t expect them to ease up now.<\/p>\n
San Antonio Spurs (54-18) at Golden State Warriors (36-39)
April 1 2026 | 9:00 PM CT
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Spurs Injuries: David Jones-Garcia, OUT<\/p>\n
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Warriors Injuries: Stephen Curry, knee (OUT), Jimmy Butler, knee (OUT), Moses Moody, knee (OUT), Al Horford, calf (OUT), Will Richard, knee (day to day), Quinten Post, foot (day to day)<\/p>\n
What to watch for<\/p>\n
San Antonio has the talent advantage at center every game by default this season thanks to employing Victor Wembanyama, but it\u2019s even more glaring against Golden State. The Warriors\u2019 only 7 footer on the roster is Krystaps Porzingis, and he was only acquired from the Atlanta Hawks in the Kuminga trade. With Quinten Post and veteran AL Horford both out, Porzingis has been receiving the lion\u2019s share of available center minutes. Meanwhile Draymond Green, arguably still arguably Golden State\u2019s best defensive player, has had a few viral moments matching up with Wemby since the Frenchman came into the league and can guard him effectively here and there. The way Wembanyama has been playing though these last few weeks, even those few moments might not matter.<\/p>\n
That talent disparity at center also impacts Golden State\u2019s rebounding, where they rank in the bottom half overall. Their 11.4 offensive rebounds a game actually rank 13th, a credit to head coach Steve Kerr\u2019s small ball philosophy and all-hands-on-deck approach to rebounding in spite of their lack of traditional big men. While that can help generate more looks for their 3-point happy offense against many teams, it\u2019s tough to see them having much success against a Spurs team that is big seemingly everywhere up and down the roster. San Antonio is holding teams to 10.4 offensive rebounds a game, the 4th fewest in the Association.<\/p>\n
This season Golden State takes the most 3s in the NBA and makes the 2nd most of them, but their 36% mark is good enough for just 17th. That number has plummeted to 33% with Chef Curry out of the line-up, which would be the worst in the league below even the 34% the Sacremento Kings make. The Spurs, who are among the best in the NBA at guarding the line, should be able to limit a lot of the Golden State offense sans Curry thanks to their work in limiting 2nd chance opportunities on the boards and a wing rotation that\u2019s as good as anyone defensively.<\/p>\n
Rookie Dylan Harper is coming off the best month of his young NBA career. He shooting line of 59\/54\/86 in the month of March was something of a revelation, taking a lot of the flourishes that have been on display throughout the season and developing amazing consistency. San Antonio has a chance to do something truly special this spring, and Harper is showing how big a part of that he can be.<\/p>\n
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