The San Antonio Spurs had Friday night’s game against the Golden State Warriors decided before the Warriors even scored. San Antonio opened on an 18-0 run and rolled to a 123-85 NBA Cup blowout, as first reported by ClutchPoints.
Per the NBA’s official account, that 18-0 start is the biggest opening run in Spurs history in the play-by-play era. San Antonio led 38-14 after one quarter, and Stephon Castle already had 18 points and four threes in his first 12 minutes. Golden State played without an injured Stephen Curry, and it showed.
The win was the Spurs’ 11th straight after they dropped their first two games of the season.
Draymond Being Draymond
In the second quarter, Draymond Green pushed Victor Wembanyama from behind under the basket and sent him sliding along the baseline. Officials reviewed it and called a flagrant 1, so Green stayed in the game. It’s another physical headline for Green, who was ejected against Phoenix earlier this month.
Wemby didn’t take the bait afterward. “Not much. I mean, it’s not surprising,” he said, per ClutchPoints. He finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds on a night he barely had to break a sweat.
The IAHHM Take
The scary part for the rest of the West is that this wasn’t even a big Wemby night. Coming in, he had topped 30 points in six of his last eight games. On Friday, the guards did the damage. The three-guard look with De’Aaron Fox, Dylan Harper and Castle is clicking, and when the supporting cast can bury you in the first quarter, the franchise player gets to coast.
As for Draymond, the shove said more about where Golden State is right now than anything about Wemby. Frustration plays happen when you’re down 24 after one.
The Spurs get the Utah Jazz on Sunday with a chance to push the streak to 12. It’s been a wild week of NBA history already, from this to Cade Cunningham’s 52 with zero turnovers. So who’s the real threat to the Lakers out West: San Antonio, or is it too early to say that out loud?
Source: ClutchPoints
