Spurs rout Warriors 123-85 with a 43-point lead and 11th straight win
The San Antonio Spurs beat the Golden State Warriors 123-85 in an NBA Cup game on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. Stephon Castle, the Spurs guard, led all scorers with 32 points, and the win gave San Antonio its 11th consecutive victory.
The Warriors were missing Stephen Curry, who is sidelined by an injury. Jimmy Butler III and Moses Moody also did not play for Golden State.
The victory extended a winning streak that was already long. Before the game, the Spurs had won 10 consecutive games, and the 123-85 result made it 11 in a row. Golden State, playing away from home, went into the game without Curry, and the early minutes showed how much that absence mattered on both ends of the floor. The Warriors had no answer for San Antonio’s size, as the first quarter made clear.
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Spurs open with an 18-0 run and lead 38-14 after one quarter
Warriors coach Steve Kerr opted for a small starting lineup: De’Anthony Melton, Brandin Podziemski, Will Richard, Yaxel Lendeborg and Draymond Green. According to the game report, the lineup was chosen to try to keep pace with a team that was much bigger at every position, a matchup Golden State could not handle.
San Antonio scored the first 18 points of the game, the best start to a game in the franchise’s history, according to the team’s records of play-by-play data kept by the NBA. The Warriors did not score until more than halfway through the first quarter, after missing their first 11 field-goal attempts. The Spurs won the opening period 38-14.
Golden State never recovered its offense in the first half. Lineup changes did not help the Warriors, and San Antonio kept its advantage. Golden State trailed 63-33 at halftime, and the Spurs never trailed in the game.
Castle and Wembanyama lead the Spurs
Castle converted 12 of 18 field-goal attempts and 5 of 8 three-point attempts. He also grabbed five rebounds and handed out six assists. His 32 points were the highest total of his season, after he had scored 24 points in the Spurs’ season opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Victor Wembanyama, the Spurs center, added 12 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in about 21 minutes. The Spurs’ lead reached 43 points in the second half before the final margin settled at 38.
- Final score: San Antonio Spurs 123, Golden State Warriors 85
- Competition: NBA Cup
- Venue: Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, Texas
- Stephon Castle (Spurs): 32 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 12-of-18 field goals, 5-of-8 three-pointers
- Victor Wembanyama (Spurs): 12 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists in about 21 minutes
- Halftime score: Spurs 63, Warriors 33
- Spurs record after the game: 11-2
- Warriors record after the game: 8-5
Warriors’ LJ Cryer has his best game of his career
LJ Cryer, the Warriors guard, had the best game of his career, with six assists and several strong scoring stretches in a game that was lost early. Golden State’s other scoring came from Charles Bassey, who had 11 points and five rebounds and was the only other Warriors player in double figures, according to the game’s report.
Golden State shot 31-for-93 from the field, a rate of 33.3 percent. The Warriors made 15 of 41 three-point attempts, a rate of 36.6 percent, and 16 of 52 two-point attempts, a rate of 30.8 percent. Golden State had 11 free throws.
Curry’s status and the next Warriors game
The specialized press reports that Curry is out with a torn oblique. The source base says that Curry was hurt in Golden State’s loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, but that detail was not confirmed by the sources checked. No return date for Curry has been confirmed.
The Warriors are scheduled to face the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday, according to the source base. That date was not confirmed by a second, independent source.
