National Basketball Association
San Antonio 114, Golden State 111
When: 10:00 PM ET, Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Where: Chase Center, San Francisco, California
Officials: #16 David Guthrie, #3 Nick Buchert, #85 Robert Hussey
Attendance: 18064

Harrison Barnes buried a buzzer-beating 3-pointer and the San Antonio Spurs damaged the Golden State Warriors' bid for a top-four finish in the Western Conference with a 114-111 victory Wednesday night in San Francisco.

Riding the momentum of six wins in its last seven games, Golden State (47-33) entered the night tied with the Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies for fourth place in the West.

The Warriors' loss dropped them below all three. The Clippers and Nuggets won late games on the West Coast while the Grizzlies had Wednesday night off.

With just two games remaining, Golden State dropped into the seventh spot -- a play-in position -- in the West, only a half-game ahead of the Minnesota Timberwolves, who also did not play Wednesday.

With both teams on the second night of back-to-backs, the Warriors got even at 111-all on two free throws by Draymond Green with 3.1 seconds remaining.

The Spurs called a timeout to advance the ball, and the inbound pass went straight to Barnes, a former Warriors player, who took a dribble toward the Spurs bench and launched a high-arcing shot that reached the net just as the final horn sounded.

Barnes, who had all but two of his 20 points on 3-pointers, went 6-for-9 from deep for the Spurs, who won the game with far better accuracy from beyond the arc (18-for-46, 39.1 percent) than the Warriors (16-for-48, 33.3 percent).

Stephon Castle and Keldon Johnson paced San Antonio (33-47) with 21 points apiece, while Julian Champagnie added 14, Chris Paul 12, and Devin Vassell and Sandro Mamukelashvili 11 apiece.

Johnson, Champagnie and Mamukelashvili helped the Spurs, who are playing without stars Victor Wembanyama and De'Aaron Fox, outscore the Warriors 50-26 off the bench.

Johnson and Mamukelashvili were the leading San Antonio rebounders with eight apiece, while Castle had a team-high five assists.

Stephen Curry had a game-high 30 points and Jimmy Butler III 28 for the Warriors, who lost the season series 2-1 to the Spurs. Green had nine rebounds, followed by Moses Moody and Curry with eight each. Green also led with eight assists, one more than Butler.

Green also scored 13 points, while Golden State backups Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield added 12 apiece.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
San Antonio   Golden State
Stephon Castle 21 Scoring Stephen Curry 30
Stephon Castle 5 Assists Draymond Green 8
Keldon Johnson 8 Rebounds Draymond Green 9
Stephon Castle 4 Free Throws Made Jimmy Butler III 16
Stephon Castle 2 Steals Jimmy Butler III 2
Julian Champagnie 2 Blocks Draymond Green 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
San Antonio 114 48.1 18-46 18-21 23 43 5 6 15
Golden State 111 41.9 16-48 23-28 29 45 2 8 12
Upcoming Games
  • Golden State will play their next game on the road against Portland. The Warriors have a W/L % of .583 after a win and .594 after a loss.
  • San Antonio will play their next game on the road against Phoenix. The Spurs have a W/L % of .312 after a win and .479 after a loss.