The Golden State Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs will face off in Game 5 on Tuesday night in a 2-2 tied series at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. The game will air live on TNT and can be streamed live here or listened to here via ESPN Radio at 9:30 p.m. EST.
"It's a great place to be," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said at Golden State's practice facility in Oakland on Monday before the team boarded a flight to San Antonio. "It's a great story."
The differing styles of play only begin to explain how polar opposite these teams are. Golden State is a talented, young team that hasn't seen a playoff appearance in years. San Antonio is a postseason mainstay with a lineup filled with veteran players.
However, both teams share at least one common thread: each has reason to be both confident and concerned entering Game 5. Both have blown late leads and lost a game in overtime that they felt they shouldn't. Each has won once on the other's home floor, and neither has won consecutive games.
"They've already won one here, so there is no reason to be comfortable here," Spurs forward Tim Duncan said back at team headquarters in San Antonio. "We're happy we have home court and we're happy to have a game (in Oakland), but there is no comfort level. We're 2-2. This next game is a huge game for both teams."
Golden State hadn't won two games beyond the first round since 1977, when they pulled even with the Lakers in the conference semifinals through four games. Los Angeles eventually won the series in seven games.
The Warriors are also facing questions surrounding star player Stephen Curry's injured ankle. The guard limped around on what the team called a sprained left ankle, which he needed an anti-inflammatory injection for before Game 4 for the third time in these playoffs.
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