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Oakland, Calif. • Tony Parker scored 25 of his 32 points in a sizzling first half, Tim Duncan added 23 points and 10 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs quieted the hot-shooting Golden State Warriors in a 102-92 victory Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.
Kawhi Leonard finished with 15 points and nine rebounds, and Parker added five assists and five boards to help the Spurs wrestle back home-court advantage from the Warriors after withstanding a brief fourth-quarter rally.
San Antonio outshot Golden State 50.6 to 39.3 percent and curbed streaky shooters Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson for the first time in the series.
Thompson scored 17 points on 7-of-20 shooting, while Curry had 16 points on 5 of 17 from the floor. Andrew Bogut added 11 points and 12 rebounds for Golden State but was saddled with foul trouble most of the second half.
Game 4 in the best-of-seven series is Sunday in Oakland.
After falling behind by 10 points entering the fourth quarter, the Warriors scored the first nine of the period in fewer than 2 minutes. They capped the run by slicing San Antonio's lead to 79-78 when Bogut blocked Duncan's layup, and Draymond Green started a three-point play by drawing a foul on Duncan with a pull-up jumper.
Parker put San Antonio back ahead by seven with a 3-pointer before leaving briefly with an apparent left leg cramp. Trainers wrapped his leg while he was on the bench and he showed no signs of slowing down when he returned. With Parker on the bench, Duncan converted a three-point play and Leonard added a layup to cap an 11-1 run that gave San Antonio a 90-79 lead with 5:39 to play.
Most of Golden State's yellow-shirt-wearing crowd of 19,596 was silenced after Curry came off a curl and his left ankle — which he sprained in Game 2 in the first round against Denver but seemed to be back to full strength — landed awkwardly when he planted his feet to receive the ball. Curry limped around but stayed in the game, with nervous chants of "Curry! Curry!" breaking out.
The Warriors moved within five points on Harrison Barnes' pull-up jumper with 2:48 to play but never got closer. Spurs 102, Warriors 92
FG FT Reb
S.A. Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts
Leonard 41:27 5-7 4-8 2-9 1 2 15
Duncan 38:11 10-21 3-3 1-10 3 3 23
Splitter 18:55 2-3 0-0 1-4 0 4 4
Parker 35:00 13-23 4-7 2-5 5 0 32
DaGreen 33:20 1-3 0-0 1-4 3 3 3
Diaw 20:06 4-5 0-0 1-2 1 0 9
Ginobili 27:47 4-11 3-3 0-5 4 2 12
Joseph 7:55 1-2 0-0 0-1 2 1 2
Neal 10:27 0-1 2-2 0-1 2 3 2
Bonner 6:09 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Mills 0:22 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Blair 0:22 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 240:00 40-79 16-23 8-41 21 19 102
Percentages: FG .506, FT .696. 3-Point Goals: 6-20, .300 (Parker 2-4, Leonard 1-1, Diaw 1-2, Da.Green 1-3, Ginobili 1-8, Bonner 0-2). Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 11 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Duncan 2, Da.Green). Turnovers: 11 (Parker 3, Duncan 2, Ginobili 2, Splitter 2, Diaw, Da.Green). Steals: 4 (Ginobili 2, Duncan, Leonard). Technical Fouls: Duncan, 9:39 first.
FG FT Reb
G.S. Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts
Barnes 34:40 4-10 4-4 3-8 2 4 12
Ezeli 14:39 0-2 0-0 3-3 0 3 0
Bogut 26:40 5-9 1-4 4-12 1 5 11
Curry 42:28 5-17 3-3 0-2 8 3 16
Thompsn 41:50 7-20 0-0 2-8 2 1 17
DrGreen 16:02 2-7 2-3 2-3 1 1 6
Jack 34:13 5-12 1-1 0-3 1 1 11
Landry 25:31 5-8 4-4 1-7 4 5 14
Lee 3:00 2-3 1-1 1-2 0 0 5
Bazemore 0:35 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0
Machado 0:22 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 240:00 35-89 16-20 16-48 20 24 92
Percentages: FG .393, FT .800. 3-Point Goals: 6-19, .316 (Thompson 3-5, Curry 3-9, Barnes 0-1, Dr.Green 0-2, Jack 0-2). Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: 11 (20 PTS). Blocked Shots: 1 (Bogut). Turnovers: 11 (Curry 3, Barnes 2, Jack 2, Thompson 2, Bogut, Ezeli). Steals: 3 (Curry 2, Jack). Technical Fouls: None.
San Antonio 32 25 22 23 — 102
Golden State 23 25 21 23 — 92
Attendance • 19,596
Time • 2:27.
Officials • Monty McCutchen, Rodney Mott, Bill Spooner.