The Golden State Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs will meet for the first time this season. Will the Warriors, without Stephen Curry, stun San Antonio? Or, will the Spurs add Golden State to their growing list of victims?
Catch this game live on Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM, Manila time
Away: Golden State Warriors (8-4, 2-3 Away)
Projected Starting Five:
- De’Anthony Melton
- Brandin Podziemski
- Yaxel Lendeborg
- Gui Santos
- Draymond Green
The most important thing to know about the Warrior is that they won’t have Stephen Curry. That’s not just for this game against the Spurs but at least several more games, as the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player is down with an oblique abdominal tear. With that out of the way, the next thing about Golden State is that they have Yaxel Lendeborg, who may have the age of a PBA rookie, but is putting up big numbers already in the league.
In the Warriors’ 115-108 loss to Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets on the road on Wednesday, the former Michigan star had 25 points on 9/19 shooting from the field with 10 boards, as he basically took over for the team after Curry left with an injury in the first quarter. On the season, Lendeborg is averaging 21.7 points on 51.8% shooting. Still, the Warriors are a drastically different team without Curry, as the Warriors have a net rating of +13.2 when he’s on the floor.
Home: San Antonio Spurs (10-2, 4-2 Home)
Projected Starting Five:
- De’Aaron Fox (Questionable)
- Stephon Castle
- Dylan Harper
- Devin Vassell (Questionable)
- Victor Wembanyama
The Spurs started the season stumbling on their feet and faceplanting on a cake with back-to-back losses. Since then, Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs have been knocking out teams and strutting like Conor McGregor every night. San Antonio enters this matchup versus the Warriors on a 10-game winning streak. At the same time, San Antonio has benefited from a seemingly lighter strength of schedule, as they have beaten the likes of the Sacramento Kings, Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns and Chicago Bulls during their run.
Amid that run is a 121-111 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves (without Anthony Edwards and Rudy Gobert). The Spurs’ most recent victim was the Bulls on the road on Thursday, 124-119. Still, winning is winning, and at the very least, the Spurs have momentum going into the Warriors showdown. Also, San Antonio is second in the league with a 119.3 offensive rating and fifth with a 108.3 defensive rating.
Picks
Spread: Golden State Warriors (+12.5)
Over/Under: Under (220.0)
