Round 1 goes to the champs. Aldridge had the worst plus-minus (-20) of anyone in the game, and he did not ease the concerns about how he’d fare defensively when Golden State went small.
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Golden State’s victory over San Antonio in a showdown of the league’s top teams was the most-watched telecast ever on NBA TV. It seems like it’d be hard to only lose five times from here on out, which is what they’d have to do for a 73-9 record-setter. “They’re not going to be fazed by it”.
The record belongs to the 1995-96 Bulls with a 44-game streak. They also play twice in the last week of the regular season – with the Warriors chasing the Bulls’ record of 72 wins.
“I liked pretty much everything about tonight”, said Kerr, whose team shot 51.8 percent from the field against the league’s No. 1 defense.
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The loss snapped a 13-game winning streak for the Spurs, who had an 18.0-point average margin of victory during that run. But one man’s absence was not a factor, according to Popovich. “So they deserve a lot of credit”. Really disciplined. The coaches have got them right where they want them.
The Spurs, playing without Tim Duncan because of right knee soreness, wilted and committed a whopping season-high 26 turnovers that were turned into 32 Warriors points. The same can be said about Curry himself, en route to a second straight MVP award. “Obviously, the score was in our favor, but we had to work for everything”.
He had 37 points on Monday night (he also had 5 steals because Curry can D up also).
The Warriors got off to a fine start against the Spurs, taking a 62-47 halftime lead after leading by as many as 19 points in the first half. “I thought it was our defensive pressure that set the pace”. They had eight players with multiple turnovers.
Thompson had 19 points with 12 rebounds, and Dellavedova scored 18 points as Cleveland had six players in double figures.
Jeff Teague had 12 points and 10 assists, and guard Schroder added 15 points off the bench for Atlanta, which finished 2-2 on its Western Conference road trip.
Never had two teams with greater winning percentages met this deep into the National Basketball Association regular season, but it was the Warriors (41-4) who scored the knockout blow between heavyweights and led at one point by 33 points.
It was the most points San Antonio has allowed all season (30 above the team average), and it was the Spurs’ largest loss of the season.
LaMarcus Aldridge had his most disappointing game as a member of the Spurs.
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“Manu Ginobili summed it up in his pregame wrap-up when he stated the Warriors, ‘outplayed us in every single aspect of the game”, Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said. “But I enjoy it. I’ll continue to enjoy it. And I’ll continue to do what I do”. The Warriors had 90 late in the third quarter. “Because it might have gotten me fired”.
