Spurs remain shorthanded as they entertain Hawks

Just who actually takes the floor for the San Antonio Spurs when they battle the Atlanta Hawks on Monday at the AT&T Center in San Antonio won't likely be known until the final hours before tip-off. The Spurs (51-14) were without four injured players, including starting forwards Kawhi Leonard (concussion protocol) and LaMarcus Aldridge (minor heart arrhythmia) and guard Tony Parker (back stiffness) on Saturday but still waylaid the reeling and shorthanded Golden State Warriors 107-85 in a game between the top two teams in the NBA and the Western Conference. The blowout win was mitigated by the fact that the Warriors rested four players, guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, forward Draymond Green and key reserve guard Andre Iguodala, and that forward Kevin Durant is still out indefinitely with a knee injury.