SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors’ best shooters need only a second of daylight to get their shots off. San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama’s eight-foot wingspan closed any and all gaps in a Warriors’ 122-117 loss in the preseason finale on Friday night at Chase Center. The Warriors finish 4-1 in the preseason.

The last preseason game began with a little comedy: A 6-foot-3 Steph Curry head-to-head with 7-foot-4 Wembanyama for the opening tip. It went the Spurs’ way. Curry was appointed for the job, he said later.

A few Warriors tried to shoot over the lanky rookie with little success. He blocked Andrew Wiggins twice, first swatting a 3-point attempt then batting away his jumper after Wiggins tried to take him to the rim one-on-one. He blocked Klay Thompson’s 3-pointer, leading to a transition dunk in which Wembanyama waited a beat under the basket with the ball to let gunning defenders fly by him before barely lifting his feet to slam the ball. Wembanyama had five blocks on the night.

Jonathan Kuminga had some relative success going at Wembanyama, at the start of the second half taking him one-on-one on a drive to the basket for a layup. Earlier, he rainbow-ed a jumper over Wembanyama’s outstretched arms. Kuminga finished with 13 points and five assists and six rebounds in 21 minutes. He finishes the preseason averaging 24 points per game, third best in the league behind Miami’s Tyler Herro and Washington’s Jordan Poole (26 ppg).

“So far, I’d say it was a great (preseason),” Kuminga said. “Just to go out there and have a feel for the game, knowing everybody. I would say I’m proud of it, for sure.”

The Warriors learned their lesson mid-way through the first quarter: Don’t shoot the ball with Wembanyama anywhere near. But the smaller Warriors didn’t have an answer defensively for the young, athletic Spurs, who put up 72 points at the half.

Chris Paul took on his expected role as a second unit organizer for a good chunk of the first half with a lineup of Jonathan Kuminga, Dario Saric, Gary Payton II, Cory Joseph — replaced by Thompson at the start of the second quarter. They kept the all moving often and quickly to generate open looks to make the non-Curry minutes on offense productive.

Moses Moody finished with a team-high 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists. He went 4-of-6 from 3 and 7-of-11 from the field — all in the second half.

“He has really shot the ball well,” head coach Steve Kerr said. “He shot it well in the playoffs last year. He has continued to shoot it well in camp. He plays hard every time out there. I didn’t play him at all in the first half and then in the second he came and got 18 points and eight boards. He is all over the place. I’m really proud of Moses and his development.”

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The go-to starting group of Paul, Curry, Thompson, Wiggins and Kevon Looney — playing without an injured Draymond Green — played 20 minutes in Friday’s preseason finale. Green participated in a three-on-three scrimmage and should advance to five-on-five in the coming days, but is questionable to play in Tuesday’s opener against the Phoenix Suns.