The Santa Cruz Warriors (22-17) took another step in the right direction amidst their late-season push for the fourth and final playoff spot in the NBA D-League Western Conference, defeating the Reno Bighorns (13-26) on Saturday at Kaiser Permanente Arena 114-107.
Surf City finds themselves just 1.5 games back for the fourth seed in the West, currently held by the Sioux Falls Skyforce (25-17). Santa Cruz, after defeating the Skyforce 115-98 last Wednesday on the road at Sanford Pentagon in South Dakota, holds the tiebreaker over Sioux Falls.