Schedule and 2017-18 Results
Regular Season Records: Golden State 58-24, San Antonio 47-35
Game 1 on Saturday 14 April: San Antonio loses at Golden State, 113-pts-92
Game 2 on Monday 16 April: San Antonio loses at Golden State, 116-pts-101
Game 3 on Thursday 19 April: Golden State wins at San Antonio, 110-pts-97
Game 4 on Sunday 22 April: Golden State loses at San Antonio, 103-pts-90
Game 5 on Tuesday 24 April: San Antonio loses at Golden State, 99-pts-91

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Golden State Warriors hosted and bested the San Antonio Spurs 99-pts-91 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1373 victory. With the series 1373 win, the Golden State Warriors improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 19-11 with an active five-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA champion overall and 6-1 with an active four-series Preliminary-round winning streak in the Preliminary round. With the series 1373 loss, the San Antonio Spurs see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 37-24 overall and 12-4 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Golden State Warriors in series 1373 was WWWLW: Series 1373 thus becomes the ninth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 37th NBA series (all rounds), and the 92nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 4: The San Antonio Spurs hosted and defeated the Golden State Warriors 103-pts-90 to reduce the Golden State Warriors best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1373 lead to 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 6-1 and a Game 5 record of 4-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 0-9 and a Game 5 record of 5-4. The series 1373 Game 4 victory by the Spurs in San Antonio breaks the Spurs Game 4 losing streak of four in the wake of a 3-games-nil deficit in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series.

After Game 3: The Golden State Warriors visited and topped the San Antonio Spurs 110-pts-97 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1373 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 7-0 and a Game 4 record of 5-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 0-4 and a Game 4 record of 0-4. Trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-nil (as they do in series 1373), the San Antonio Spurs have a 0-4 Game 4 record, which is tied with that of the MLB New York Yankees for the third-worst best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff Game 4 record when trailing 3-games-nil. Only the NBA Memphis Grizzlies (0-5) and the NBA Los Angeles Lakers (0-7) have worse Game 4 records in that situation. The NHL New Jersey Devils have the best best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL Game 4 record (3-0) upon trailing such a series 3-games-nil.

After Game 2: The Golden State Warriors hosted and topped the San Antonio Spurs 116-pts-101 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1373 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 9-1 with an active four-series winning streak and a Game 3 record of 7-3 with an active four-Game 3 winning streak. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 1-9 and a Game 3 record of 6-4. The Golden State Warriors trailed the San Antonio Spurs by six points after the first half of series 1373 Game 2, but prevailed for a home victory. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games, home teams down six points after one half had a game record of 32-57 (.360).

After Game 1: The Golden State Warriors hosted and outscored the San Antonio Spurs 113-pts-92 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1373 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 15-4 with an active four-series winning streak and a Game 2 record of 10-9 with an active seven-Game 2 winning streak. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 7-16 and a Game 2 record of 13-10.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2017-18 NBA regular season, the Golden State Warriors finished eleven games ahead of the San Antonio Spurs. From 1947 through the 2017 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by eleven regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 24-5 (.828) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1373 is the 30th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Golden State Warriors, and the 61st for the San Antonio Spurs. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Golden State Warriors have an all-rounds series record of 18-11 with a four-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA champion, a Preliminary-round series record of 5-1, and a Game 1 record of 19-10 with an active five-Game 1 winning streak, while the San Antonio Spurs have an all-rounds series record of 37-23, a Preliminary-round series record of 12-3, and a Game 1 record of 37-23. Series 1373 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Golden State Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs. Golden State and San Antonio split their only two previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series against each other.