After a crushing defeat at home, the Warriors, who rank third in the West, revived and ushered in the challenge of the Eleventh Place Spurs in the West.
In terms of the Warriors, Curry is absent due to injury, Green is back in the starting lineup, and the Warriors, who lack the main backbone of this campaign, can defend the home field, Tang Shen + Jordan Pooler undoubtedly need to play.
On the other hand, on the Spurs side, although Vasell is in hot form, this team is playing away from home, which is obviously a big challenge and test for the young Spurs!
Finally, after 4 quarters of the game, with the excellent performance of Murray + Vassell, the Spurs, although in the first half, once suppressed the Warriors and occupied the initiative on the court.
But after returning from the second half, Thompson + Jordan Poole felt hot in the third quarter and led the Warriors to a 13-2 counterattack frenzy, instantly reversing the situation on the court.
Fortunately, in the final quarter of the showdown, Richardson ushered in an outbreak, helping the Spurs to equalize the score, and youngster Kelden Johnson grabbed a key offensive rebound to complete the layup, ending the Warriors' attempt to reverse the idea.
The Spurs, who finally withstood the pressure, also narrowly won the Warriors 110-108 on the road, which was worth the trip and also gave the opposing Warriors two consecutive losses!
Rushing to the away game in this game, the Spurs swept away the slump of the previous game's fiasco, playing a team performance with 6 people scoring in double figures and blossoming at many points.
In the case of Murray + Vassell + Primo and other main players, continuing to perform steadily, the play of the team's young player Kelden Johnson and the bench's Richardson is particularly critical!
Although the overall shooting rate of Kelden Johnson in this game is not high, the first 32 minutes of the game, 5 of 15 three-pointers and 9 shots of only 2, but fortunately dare to fight, the whole game handed over 14 points + 7 rebounds + 5 assists + 1 steal all-round performance, and there was no personal error.
Rationally speaking, he was able to grab key rebounds in the final quarter and hit the "big heart" quasi-killer performance, which not only helped the Spurs to keep the victory, but also did not live up to the trust of head coach Popovich!
Of course, the Spurs were able to beat the Warriors in this game, and Richardson's performance on the bench was also indispensable.
Richardson was very efficient, coming off the bench for 24 minutes, shooting nearly 70% of the way from 8 of 12 shots, and shooting 3 three-pointers from the outside, bombarding the team's high of 25 points, plus 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.
Among them, his key performance of scoring 13 points in the single quarter in the final quarter not only helped the Spurs to bite the score, but also successfully affected the trend of the game at both ends of the attack and defense, and made a great contribution to the Spurs to win the victory!
As for the performance of the team in this game, as well as the performance of Kelden Johnson + Richardson, as the head coach of the Spurs, Popovich was also full of praise after the game: "We played enough to win, Richardson played well, we must praise Kelden Johnson, he helped us win the game." 」 ”
On the other hand, on the Warriors side, although the team played a tenacious performance of 4 people scoring in double figures, the team failed to withstand the pressure and finally lost by 2 points, which obviously made the home fans feel sorry.
After all, under the comprehensive performance of Tang Shen + Jordan Poole, who played well, scoring 24 +3 +1 and 28 +5 +3 respectively, the sluggish performance of Wiggins in 13 was indeed somewhat unsatisfactory!
In the case of Green being expelled and Curry absent, facing the Spurs, who have worked hard for a whole game, but have no chance to defend the home court, Tang Shen + Jordan Pooler, seems to have no choice but to drink and hate.
Obviously, for the Warriors, who have lost 2 consecutive games, how to help the Warriors maintain the current ranking of the team during Curry's absence has undoubtedly become a major problem that head coach Kerr needs to solve!