Stephon Castle scores 32 on 12-of-18 as the Spurs beat the Warriors 123-85 for 11 straight
Victor Wembanyama tied his season low with 12 points, and San Antonio still led by 43 as Castle made as many shots Friday as he had in his previous three games combined.
Photo: NBA.com. Stephon Castle, San Antonio Spurs
Stephon Castle scored a season-high 32 points on 12-of-18 shooting Friday night, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Golden State Warriors 123-85 for their 11th straight win. Castle's 12 made field goals matched his total from his previous three games, when he went 12 of 34 for 29 points, and the Spurs are 11-2 with no loss since the season's opening week.
The first quarter settled it. San Antonio led 38-14 after 12 minutes, and Golden State shot 5 of 25 in that span, per the AP. The halftime score was 63-33, the fewest first-half points by a Spurs opponent since Phoenix scored 31 on Feb. 7, 2018. The official scorer's report lists zero lead changes and zero ties. The Warriors never led for a second.
Castle carried the night Wembanyama usually carries
Wembanyama finished with 12 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in 20:54. That ties his lowest regular-season scoring game, matching the opener against Oklahoma City and the Nov. 2 win over Utah, per his ESPN game log. He had scored 29, 40 and 32 in the three games before Friday. He went 0 for 2 from three and 5 of 11 overall, and he still finished plus-25.
Castle took the shots. He went 5 of 8 from three, 3 of 3 at the line, and had six assists against one turnover in 25:07. His previous season high was 24 on opening night against the Thunder, and he passed it on an alley-oop from Wembanyama, per the AP. He and Devin Vassell were both plus-35, the best mark on the floor.
In the three games before Friday, Castle scored 14 at Portland, four at Phoenix and 11 at Chicago, on 5 of 12, 2 of 9 and 5 of 13. The Spurs won all three anyway, and Wembanyama averaged 33.7 points in them, by our count from his game log. On Friday the big man took 11 shots and the guard took 18, and the margin was 38 instead of 22, 26 and five.
The starters won 67-30
Both benches scored about the same. San Antonio's reserves scored 56 and Golden State's scored 55, by our count from the official box. The gap came from the starting fives. The Spurs' starters scored 67. The Warriors' starters scored 30 on 10-of-43 shooting, two points fewer than Castle alone.
Golden State played without Stephen Curry, out at least two weeks with a right oblique tear, per the AP, plus Jimmy Butler III (right ACL surgery), Moses Moody (left patellar tendon surgery), Kristaps Porziņģis (not with team) and one other, per the official inactive list. That left Yaxel Lendeborg as a starting forward. He went 1 for 13 and finished minus-40. Draymond Green drew a Flagrant 1 for a running shove that sent Wembanyama out of bounds with 6:47 left in the first half, and he did not return in the half. He finished with four points in 15:44.
San Antonio won the paint 56-28, fast-break points 21-3, rebounds 60-43 and assists 34-23. The Spurs turned it over 11 times. Golden State turned it over 14 times, and the gap in points off turnovers was only three. The turnover battle was close. The paint and fast-break columns were not.
What 11 straight looks like
San Antonio has outscored opponents by 188 points during the streak, an average of 17.1 per game, by our count from the ESPN schedule. Five of the 11 wins came by 20 or more. Three were close: 112-111 over Dallas on Nov. 4 (Wembanyama had 52 and 24 that night), 117-111 in overtime at Utah and 124-119 at Chicago on Wednesday. The streak began after losses to Oklahoma City and Houston in the first week.
The rotation stayed short at the top. De'Aaron Fox played 16:49 and went 1 for 6, and no Spurs starter played more than 25:10. Dylan Harper, starting at guard, was plus-31 in 25:10 with nine points and four assists. Keldon Johnson led the bench with 18. San Antonio was without Tobias Harris (left calf strain) and Quaintance (right knee surgery), per the official report.
Next is Sunday at Utah. The Jazz are 1-12 and have lost 11 straight after falling 125-118 in Houston on Friday, per the AP, and the Spurs have already beaten them twice during this run, 117-111 in overtime and 119-97. Castle's 12-of-34 slump came at the end of a stretch when Wembanyama scored 101 points in three games. Friday was the first time in four games that Castle, not Wembanyama, took the most shots for San Antonio, by our count from the box scores.
Sources
- NBA official scorer's report, Warriors at Spurs, Nov. 13, 2026
- ESPN box score, Warriors at Spurs, Nov. 13
- AP recap via ESPN: Castle scores season-high 32 points as Spurs stop the Warriors 123-85 for 11th straight win
- ESPN game log, Stephon Castle, 2026-27
- ESPN game log, Victor Wembanyama, 2026-27
- ESPN schedule, San Antonio Spurs, 2026-27
- AP recap via ESPN: Alperen Sengun scores 43 points to power Rockets past skidding Jazz 125-118
- NBA.com player page, Stephon Castle
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