The Warriors had 89 points with three minutes left in the third quarter and went on to win 120-90. The lead is officially 3 games now over the Spurs, but with the head to head win and an 8.5 game lead over the 3rd place Thunder things seem to be trending their way.
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The sides are due to meet three more times before the end of the season, including twice in the final week of the season, before a possible play-off confrontation in the Western Conference finals.
“I think there is an aura that’s similar”, Kerr said.
It doesn’t mean they will be dancing and winning forever; but on Tuesday, for instance, it meant that the Warriors were relaxed and ready to attack the rest of the season while the Clippers were dealing with the repercussions of star Blake Griffin breaking his hand apparently in a fight with a team staffer. “So they deserve a lot of credit”. Stephen Curry put on yet another tour de force performance, scoring 37 points on 12-of-20 shooting in just 28 minutes.
“There was nothing easy about it”, Curry told reporters. “We obviously did that tonight”.
However, maybe cutting off social media will give Aldridge the focus he needs to help lead the Spurs towards that title push and over the reigning NBA Champion Golden State Warriors when it matters in June.
Without Duncan as a steadying force, the Spurs turned the ball over eight times in the first quarter. “But we’re not invincible, where we can show up, psyche a team out, play any way we want to and come out with victories like it’s not, we won’t cheat the game like that”.
Chris Bosh scored 18 points and pulled down seven rebounds, and Amar’e Stoudemire added eight points and 10 rebounds for Miami (24-21), who snapped a four-game losing streak.
In Washington, pint-sized point guard Isaiah Thomas scored 23 points in three quarters, and five other players finished in double figures as Boston defeated the Wizards.
Kawhi Leonard topped the Spurs with 16 points.
Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge was held to a season-low five points, and San Antonio’s starting back-court offered little support.
“They outplayed us in every single aspect of the game”, Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said. “I’m not embarrassed to face it”.
Gregg Popovich admitted the San Antonio Spurs were well beaten by the Golden State Warriors, describing the game as “men and boys”. “Because it might have gotten me fired”. “I don’t feel like that every night.”… The teams had the highest combined winning percentage in National Basketball Association history for opponents meeting at least 40 games into the season.
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The Warriors are now 41-4; that breaks a 13-game win streak by San Antonio, who played without Tim Duncan for this one.
