OAKLAND, Calif. — Leave it to Gregg Popovich to play mind games ahead of the Western Conference finals.
So, what will he do to prepare his defense to stop the high-flying Warriors?
"Pray," Popovich quipped Saturday before the Spurs departed Texas for the Bay Area.
Stephen Curry could only chuckle at that one.
"Gamesmanship," Golden State's Curry said, "I love it."
Popovich doesn't have his old coaching pals Mike Brown or Steve Kerr fooled. Brown spent part of last season working unofficially alongside Popovich and is now coaching Golden State in place of the ailing Kerr, who attended practice Saturday for the first time in more than three weeks as he recovers from his latest procedure to repair a spinal fluid leak that left him dealing with debilitating symptoms.