The white-hot San Antonio Spurs are on a record-setting ride and looking unstoppable after another blowout.
Tony Parker scored 18 points, Tim Duncan added 15 and the Spurs extended their franchise-best winning streak to 19 on Wednesday, with a 111-90 rout of the visiting Golden State Warriors.
Manu Ginobili and Patty Mills scored 13 points apiece for the Spurs.
The league-best Spurs entered the contest having dominated opponents by an average of 16.5 points during the streak. And it continued, after shutting down the Warriors’ high-octane offence.
The Spurs’ (59-16) streak matches the 1999-2000 LA Lakers and 2008-09 Boston Celtics for the fifth longest in NBA history, and allowed them to clinch the Southwest Division title for the fourth consecutive year.
Spurs have now taken 31 consecutive home-court victories in the series since Feb. 14, 1997 - the longest active streak against any team.
San Antonio will put its winning streak on the line Thursday against MVP front-runner Kevin Durant and the host Oklahoma City Thunder in a showdown of the West-best.
Duncan got the Spurs out of the gate with a dozen points as the Silver and Black raced to a 31-18 after one and 57-42 at halftime.
The Warriors clawed to within 74-67 with 4.5 minutes left in the third quarter. But the Spurs answered by going on an 18-0 run bridging the third and fourth quarters to open a 92-67 cushion and coasted home.
