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NOW we know. Many of us were wondering whether Golden State would draw strength or falter after dropping Game 1 in San Antonio in double overtime, a golden opportunity they turned into iron pyrites.

Steph Curry, who went for 44 points in that heart-breaking loss, was at pains to remind that Andre Miller had beaten the Warriors at the bell in Game 1 of the Denver series and how had that played out?

But most suspected - some of us feared - the Warriors had shot their bolt.

Instead today it was Klay Thompson who shot the bolt - 29 in the first half- and 22 from Curry to beat the Spurs 100-91.

It was GSW's first win in San Antonio since February, 1997 and tied their Western Conference semi final at 1-1.

They kept the Spurs to 39.3 percent shooting and won the boards to dramatically end a 30-game, 16-year losing streak in San Antonio.

Now the Warriors return to Oracle Arena for Saturday's Game 3 - ESPN Australia, are you paying attention? - exactly where they wanted to be.

"This is everything,'' Thompson said.

"It changed the whole dynamic of the series.

"We have the best crowd in the league. Just to go back and give them a show ... I have jitters already just thinking about it."

Thompson held Spurs guard Tony Parker to 7-of-17 shooting while delivering 34 points, including 8-of-9 three-pointers, and 14 rebounds.

Golden State led by as much as 20 in the third quarter and was up 75-56 with 5:14 left but the Spurs made a charge to get back in it.

San Antonio scored the next eight points then, after a pair of Andrew Bogut free throws, buried a pair of three-pointers to cap a 14-2 run.

Golden State led 77-70 but the AT&T Center was experiencing deja vu and expecting a second Warriors collapse.

"Coach told us to have amnesia at halftime,'' Curry said.

"We can forget about it and just keep playing and having fun, not worry about another 19-point lead getting cut to six.

"That's going to happen on the road against a great veteran basketball team. So you can't get too rattled."

They didn't, and now it is the Spurs who are back at the drawing board and going into the NBA's loudest venue.

YESTERDAY, Memphis Grizzlies also showed there was plenty of aggro left in their series by stealing Game 2 off Oklahoma City 99-93.

Mike Conley scored 26 points, Marc Gasol had 24 and Memphis used a late run to quiet the Thunder and even their Western Conference semi final at 1-1.