Spurs strive for another home win over Warriors

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03/19/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Antonio Spurs shoot for their sixth straight home win tonight, when they welcome the Golden State Warriors to the Alamo City.

San Antonio is aiming for its second straight season-series sweep of the Warriors and has won the first two matchups against them in 2009-10. The Spurs are unbeaten in their last seven meetings with Golden State, which has fallen in its last 23 trips to the Alamo City.

The Spurs haven't lost to Golden State at home since drafting future Hall of Famer Tim Duncan with the No. 1 overall pick in 1997. They are 24-10 at the AT&T Center this season and hope a return home will get them back into the win column. San Antonio split a two-game set in Florida, first beating the Miami Heat on Tuesday before losing at Orlando by a 110-84 score the following night.

Richard Jefferson scored 20 points to lead the Spurs, who failed to record their third five-game win streak of the season. Manu Ginobili added 18 points in the blowout loss, while Duncan went a miserable 1-for-10 from the floor for only a season-low five points.

"It was a tough game," Ginobili said. "We were coming from Miami on a back-to- back against a great team. [The Magic] started making a lot of shots. We kind of gave up in the third quarter after a good run at the end of the second, but we just couldn't hold it."

San Antonio is seventh in the jumbled Western Conference standings, just a half-game ahead of Portland and one game behind both Oklahoma City and Phoenix. Utah is three games ahead of the Spurs in the fourth spot.

The Warriors hope to put an end to their season-high 11-game road losing streak when they open a brief trek tonight against the Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies. They are 4-28 away from Oakland this season, but have won two of three games overall since a six-game slide.

In Wednesday's 131-121 victory versus the New Orleans Hornets in the finale of a four-game homestand, Anthony Tolliver registered a career-high 30 points and Monta Ellis added 28 points with a career-high tying 13 assists for the Warriors, who went 2-2 on the homestand.

"We're just relentless," Tolliver said. "I try not to use that word as much, but that's the only word I can think of that describes this team. When we're down and out, it seems like we play our best basketball."

Reggie Williams notched 22 points and Chris Hunter netted 17 in the win.

In injury news for Golden State, rookie guard Stephen Curry is questionable for Friday's test because of a sprained left ankle.

Warriors coach Don Nelson enters tonight's game five wins shy of breaking Lenny Wilkins' all-time record for victories (1,332).

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