Festus Ezeli missed his second straight game Saturday because of a sore left knee.

Ezeli tweaked his knee during a 10-minute stretch Monday against San Antonio, and he had an MRI exam Tuesday.

The results were inconclusive and the Golden State Warriors' doctors will confer about next steps.

Ezeli is averaging 7.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocked shots in 17.8 minutes this season. He missed the 2013-14 after surgery on his right knee.

The San Antonio Spurs play the Golden State Warriors for the first time this season in a highly anticipated game between the two best teams in the NBA.

The Spurs have a +15.4 Efficiency Differential compared to +12.1 for the Warriors.

“I know them pretty well,” Steve Kerr said. “It’s remarkable to me that I’m 50 years old and have been retired for 13 years, and they have three guys and a coach who are still on that team.

“It makes no sense. The continuity and the program they’ve built is amazing.”

The Spurs have won five titles between 1999 and 2014.

“That’s why they’re legends or why they’re going to be legends when they’re done,” Stephen Curry said. “Obviously, those three guys and Coach Popovich are the main foundation of that, but they’ve been able to add pieces as they’ve gone through their careers and stay at a high level. It’s a lot about the tone and atmosphere and expectations that they set.

“When you wear a Spurs uniform, you better be ready to elevate your game to their level. That’s the most impressive thing. … They’re the standard.”

Luke Walton is expected to be a candidate for head coaching jobs after he did so well filling in for Steve Kerr on an interim basis.

The Golden State Warriors are enjoying having him on the bench in the meantime.

“Luke was the right guy to guide the ship, and he’s got the right temperament,” Kerr said Friday. “He obviously will be a head coach before long on a more permanent basis, but I’m hoping we can keep him around here for a lot longer.”

“It’s kind of frustrating, because Luke’s my guy, and now, he’s going to be gone next year - if any GMs are smart,” Draymond Green said. “I’ve got to cherish these last 40 games of the regular season and then the playoffs, because they’re about to take my guy.”

Steve Kerr will return to the bench for the Golden State Warriors' game on Friday against the Indiana Pacers.

Kerr has missed the entire season to date as he recovers from complications following his back injury.

Luke Walton was 39-4 as interim head coach of the Warriors in Kerr's absence.

Kobe Bryant, Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard are the five starters for the Western Conference in the 2016 NBA All-Star Game.

Leonard beat out Zaza Pachulia and Draymond Green for the final frontcourt spot. Pachulia overtook Green in the voting before the final return.

LeBron James, Paul George, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Kyle Lowry are the Eastern Conference starters.

Western Conference
Frontcourt
1. Kobe Bryant (LAL) 1,891,614
2. Kevin Durant (OKC) 980,787
3. Kawhi Leonard (SA) 782,339
4. Zaza Pachulia (Dal) 768,112
5. Draymond Green (GS) 726,616
6. Blake Griffin (LAC) 651,860
7. Enes Kanter (OKC) 534,499
8. Tim Duncan (SA) 431,087
9. Anthony Davis (NO) 400,688
10. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) 364,270
11. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 269,427
12. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) 268,003
13. Dwight Howard (Hou) 219,761
14. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 173,317
15. Harrison Barnes (GS) 155,289

Guards
1. Stephen Curry (GS) 1,604,325
2. Russell Westbrook (OKC) 772,009
3. Chris Paul (LAC) 624,334
4. Klay Thompson (GS) 555,513
5. James Harden (Hou) 430,777
6. Manu Ginobili (SA) 226,289
7. Rajon Rondo (Sac) 200,518
8. Tony Parker (SA) 195,472
9. Andre Iguodala (GS) 181,142
10. Damian Lillard (Por) 158,360

Eastern Conference
Frontcourt
1. LeBron James (Cle) 1,089,206
2. Paul George (Ind) 711,595
3. Carmelo Anthony (NY) 567,348
4. Pau Gasol (Chi) 566,988
5. Andre Drummond (Det) 515,296
6. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) 473,579
7. Chris Bosh (Mia) 351,420
8. Kevin Love (Cle) 332,685
9. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 301,362
10. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) 84,617
11. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) 73,079
12. Joakim Noah (Chi) 48,509
13. DeMarre Carroll (Tor) 46,044
14. Marcin Gortat (Was) 43,496
15. Paul Millsap (Atl) 41,654

Guards
1. Dwyane Wade (Mia) 941,466
2. Kyle Lowry (Tor) 646,441
3. Kyrie Irving (Cle) 580,651
4. Jimmy Butler (Chi) 564,637
5. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 444,868
6. John Wall (Was) 368,686
7. Derrick Rose (Chi) 302,389
8. Jeremy Lin (Cha) 195,920
9. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) 153,642
10. Reggie Jackson (Det) 76,688

The Golden State Warriors are optimistic Steve Kerr will be back on the bench as head coach soon.

“More and more, the further we go into the season,” Luke Walton said Wednesday of Kerr’s involvement at the end of his longest road trip of the season. “It’s daily talks now that he’s with us on the road. It’s matchups. It’s bouncing ideas off of each other. Besides not being the coach on the bench during games, he’s very much involved in the decisions and the prep work.”

Kerr started a leave of absence on Oct. 1.

“He does look a lot better lately. It’s great having him on the road, and you can see his energy looks better.”

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors retained top honors on the NBA’s Most Popular Jersey and Team Merchandise lists.

Results are based on NBAStore.com sales from October 2015 through December 2015 and reflect a record-breaking holiday shopping season. NBAStore.com had its largest Black Friday (Nov. 27) and Cyber Monday (Nov. 30) in history, with combined sales up 20 percent from the previous year.

Rounding out the top five players are the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James (No. 2), the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant (No. 3), the New York Knicks’ Kristaps Porzingis (No. 4), who earned a spot on the list for the first time after a sensational start to his rookie year, and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant (No. 5).

The Warriors once again emerged as the top-selling team, followed by the Chicago Bulls at No. 2, the Cavaliers at No. 3, the Lakers at No. 4 and the Knicks at No. 5.

The Golden State Warriors scored 139.2 points per 100 possessions in their 132-98 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday, which is their best offensive game of the season (full list).

In their previous meeting, the Cavaliers held the Warriors to just 92.8 points per 100 possessions. In the two games combined, the Warriors have scored 115.5 points per 100 possessions.

During last year's Finals, the Warriors scored 105.8 points per 100 possessions.

The Golden State Warriors won the championship last season at the Cleveland Cavaliers, making Quicken Loans Arena a special place for the team.

"Obviously, walking in the locker room, it'll be good memories," Curry said Sunday. "Hopefully, it still smells a little bit like champagne."

The Warriors are 37-4, midway through their regular season.

"Thirty-seven and four, I'm pretty happy that it bothers us that we laid an egg last night and some people feel a certain type of way about it, and that's good for us to try to turn it around," Curry said. "It obviously shows that we're on a mission to do something big this year."

Sources are telling Chris Hayes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer that members of the Cavaliers have taken exception to the quote and viewed it as "disrespectful."

The Golden State Warriors have pushed back the opening of their new arena in San Francisco to 2019.

The Warriors claim the CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) lawsuit is a last resort brought on by what they are calling an “anonymous SuperPAC” despite EIR (environmental Impact Report) approval by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

The group that filed the lawsuit— the Mission Bay Alliance— has responded calling it a “victory for opponents of the Warriors ill-conceived” complex.