SAN ANTONIO -- Manu Ginobili flipped his palms up toward the ceiling and shrugged at the suggestion the Spurs might feel sympathy for the banged-up Golden State Warriors.

"Nobody does when we have injuries," he said.

Taking advantage of a depleted squad missing its three biggest stars in Stephen Curry (right ankle), Kevin Durant (ribs), and Klay Thompson (fractured thumb), the Spurs (41-30) fought off a late Warriors rally with a 20-4 fourth-quarter run to capture a much-needed 89-75 win Monday night to move into fifth in the Western Conference standings. To make matters worse for Golden State (53-18), it lost yet another stalwart in Draymond Green, who suffered a pelvic contusion in the second quarter and didn't return.

"The Spurs turned it up a notch," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "They're fighting for their playoff lives, and they played like it. In that fourth quarter, they picked up full court, and they pressured us all over the place. They were fantastic defensively."

Offensively too, as LaMarcus Aldridge scored all but three of San Antonio's 20 points during the fourth-quarter run to finish with a game-high 33 points and 12 rebounds.

Aldridge has now produced six games this season with 30 or more points and 10 or more rebounds, which is the most for the Spurs since Tim Duncan put together six such performances during the 2004-05 campaign.

"I was just trying to make plays," Aldridge said. "It was a big game for us and we needed to win. The ball found me. My teammates always look for me."

LaMarcus Aldridge took advantage of Golden State losing All-Star Draymond Green, at left, due to injury in the first half, scoring 19 points and hauling in six rebounds in the decisive fourth quarter. Soobum Im/USA TODAY

Aldridge poured in 19 of the team's 28 points in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Warriors 19-12 on 7 of 10 shooting.

Aldridge has scored at least 25 points in three straight games. The last Spur to accomplish that feat was Kawhi Leonard from March to April in 2017.

"He's great and has been great all year. On the offensive glass, coming up big offensively and making buckets and drawing fouls," San Antonio guard Danny Green said. "Also blocking some shots. He was a rim protector tonight and started that fourth quarter for us. L.A. obviously did what he does, but he also found the open guy and made the right play, which was big for us tonight. Without him, it could be very ugly."