Spurs 112 - 102 Warriors summary, stats, scores and highlights | NBA
Sean Elliott, former Spur, and now Spurs commentator said it best on the Bally Sports broadcast. Jackson-Davis will tell his grandkids about this dunk on Wemby that sealed the Warriors win late in the 4th quarter. He ended the night with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists and it's safe to say that Golden State has their heir to Draymond Green's position.
Paul found Kuminga slashing to the basket in the 4th quarter as Wemby tried to carry the Spurs to a comeback late in the game. Kuminga finishd the game with 22 points and he continues to back up his early season plee to Steve Kerr for more playing time.
Jackson-Davis is a tremendous athlete that can jump with the best of them and that makes him such a good defender as well as spectacular around the rack. We have seen him D up guys like Giannis when the Warriors played the Bucks and Wemby on Monday night.
Even though Curry was sidelined, Klay Thompson came off the bench as Steve Kerr has found something he likes with the other Splash Brother leading the second unit. He 14 in the first half and finished the game with 21.
There is a lot of talk surrounding Jonathan Kuminga being the break out sensation of Golden State's season and it's well deserved. Another guy who has exploded onto the scene in his rookie season. He came off the bench and had some big minutes on both ends. This dunk was one of his highlights of the night, but it wasn't THE highlight of his night.
With Curry on the bench, it was Chris Paul getting the start and he looked like the Chris Paul of old. He has played a limited role in Golden State, but this little stretch where he gets to start may come in handy for the Warriors later down the road.
The Golden State Warriors avenged their loss against the San Antonio Spurs over the weekend with a much needed win without Steph Curry, who sat out a second straight game with a sprained ankle. Klay Thompson and Jonathan Kuminga stepped up in his absence, leading the Warriors to the 112-102 win.
It wasn't the smoothest start for the Warriors who went down by 10 in the first quarter thanks to some fantastic shooting from the Spurs. Brandon Podziemski came off the bench and provided a spark with a couple quick threes in the first quarter.
IT'S ALL OVER!!! THE WARRIORS GETS REVENGE FOR THEIR HOME LOSS AGAINST THE SPURS WITHOUT STEPH CURRY!
Wemby to the line and he hits one of two FTs after the foul on Paul.
JACKSON-DAVIS GOES RIGHT AT WEMBY AND THROWS IT DOWN ON HIS HEAD AND GETS THE FOUL!!! FT is good.
Wemby reaches up and tips the alley oop in traffic and gets the foul! FT is no good.
Green has fouled out of this game with under 3:00 to go.
Paul into the lane and he gets the floater to fall.
Vassell keeps the Spurs in the game with another three ball, his fifth of the night!
Kuminga to the line after the foul on Jones and he hits both FTs. Those FTs were possible because of the Jackson-Davis offensive rebound.
Podziemski sends Johnson to the line where he hits both FTs.
Wemby to the line after the foul on Green and he hits one of two FTs.
Kuminga cutting down the baseline and he rises for the two handed slam.
Paul pulls up and drills the jumper from behind the FT line.
Vassell to the line after the foul on Paul and he hits both FTs.
Wemby was left open and he strokes the three ball! It's a 10 point game with 8:00 to go.
Payton with the dump down to Green who lays it up and in out of the timeout.
Wemby kicks it out to Johnson who drills the three and the Spurs are right back in the ball game!
Timeout Warriors with 8:40 to go in the 4th.
Wemby drops a three ball from the corner and he's got 20 and 12 on the night.
Thompson knocks down the mid range jumper and he's over 20 tonight.
Johnson to the line after the foul on Kuminga and he hits both FTs.
Thompson drills the three ball over Wemby off the dribble!
Kuminga on the catch and shoot in the lane off the feed from Podziemski.
Wemby tips in his own miss.
Kuminga back cuts to the rim and Jackson-Davis found him for the slam.
Wembanyama hits Branham on the cut to the rim for the lay up down the lane.
That's going to take us to the end of the third quarter. GS took control in that quarter outscoring the Spurs 32-18
Wesley goes with the floater in the lane and hits it over Jackson-Davis.
Paul drags down the offensive board and gets the put back to fall.
Podziemski finger rolls it over Collins and the Warriors have a 14 point lead!
Johnson lays it in after the slash down the lane and the Spurs have their first points in almost 5 minutes.
Paul hits Jackson-Davis again, this time on the pick and roll and he finishes at the rack after taking a bump down low.
Paul over the top for Jackson-Davis who finishes the alley oop over Collins.
Wiggins pulls the trigger on the wing and the Warriors lead by double digits!
Wiggins to the line after the foul on Collins and he hits one of two FTs.
Wiggins follows the miss from Podziemski in the lane and he puts it back up and in on the offensive rebound. 16-2 run for GS over the last few minutes.
Jackson-Davis fakes the handoff and takes it to the rack for the power slam.
Podziemski takes Jones into the paint and he gets the hook shot and the foul! FT is good.
Kuminga goes up for the lay up and Wemby got a piece of it on it's way down.
Timeout Spurs with 7:26 to go in the 3rd quarter.
Kuminga in traffic and somehow gets the runner to go in traffic.
JOnes slashing to the lane and he goes double clutch on the lay up under a couple of defenders.
Paul with the steal, and in transition he finds Thompson for the lay up on the break.
Kuminga spot up in the corner and drills the three ball!
Wemby gets the entry pass, spins around Green and dunks it on Green.
Paul with the jumper from the elbow and he's got 13 of his own.
Thompson comes out of the timeout and hits the mid range jumper. He's got 14 early in the 3rd quarter.
Kickout from Sochan who hits Vassell and he drills another three ball! He's got four on the night!
Timeout Warriors with 10:09 to go in the third quarter.
Sochan in transition and he took his space all the way to the iron for the lay up.
Wemby gets the roll off the front of the rim on the three ball from the top of the key!
WE ARE BACK IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE SECOND HALF OF PLAY.
Jackson-Davis was listed as questionable with an ankle injury, but he came off the bench and had a couple buckets and helped containing Wemby on the defensive end.
Psaul drilled the three ball at the buzzer to end the first quarter and he had 8 points on 4/4 shooting in the first quarter.
With Steph sidelined, the Warriors need all hands on deck. Podziemski came off the bench and hit three quick threes. He's got 9 off the bench.
Wemby has been a problem for the Warriors in the paint. He had 6 rebounds after the first quarter, and started the second with this steal and score. He's got 10 on the night.
The Spurs got good news before the game. Wemby was ruled out earlier in the day, but made a recovery in a matter of hours to be ready for game time. It was the other big man, Collins who got the Spurs going. He was the first in double digits and he's got 10 at the break.
WE ARE HEADED TO THE HALFTIME BREAK WITH THE SPURS UP BY TWO!
Wiggins missed the lay up and Jackson-Davis follows it up with a slam.
Jones floats one up in the lane and we have under 90 seconds to go in the first half.
Wemby to the line after the foul on Green and he hits one of two FTs.
Thompson drills a three ball from the top of the key off the kick out from Green!
Jones streaks down Main Street and uses the glass.
Moody fighting underneath and rips it out of the hands of Collins before laying it up and in.
Champagnie with another open three ball from the top of the key and he's got two in a row!
Champagni drills a three ball and the Spurs are trying to get back to their shooting form from the first quarter.
Thompson strolls down the left side of the lane and has the easiest lay up he's going to have all night.
The challenge upholds and Green is called for the offensive foul with 6:11 to go in the 2nd quarter.
Collins called for the foul on the Green shot underneath, but the Spurs are going to challenge to see if Green fouled him with a flailing elbow.
Thompson to the line after the foul on Collins and he hits one of two FTs.
Collins was left alone at the FT line and he takes a dribble and floats it up and in. That's 10 already for Collins.
Podziemski with the offensive board and kick out to Thompson for three!
Collins on the turn around in the lane and he's been a problem for the Warriors.
Green follows his own miss and puts it back up and in.
Sochan with the up and under on the baseline and he lays it up and in.
Kuminga ties the game up with a pull up three ball and the Spurs need a timeout.
The Warriors are on a 14-6 run to start the quarter.
Barlow crashing the boards and tips it in off the miss from Branham.
Wiggins to the line after the foul on Branham and he hits one of two FTs.
Podziemski with a spot up from the corner and he's 3/3 from DT off the bench.
Johnson fighting in the paint and he puts it up and in off the put back.
Paul throws up an alley oop and he finds Jackson-Davis with for the slam.
Three ball from Paul and he's got 11 points already! He's perfect from the field going 5/5 on his first five shots.
Wiggins taking the contact and getting to the rim for a finish in traffic.
Wemby starts the second with a steal and a slam! He almost dunked his own head in the rim he got up so high.
Paul beats the buzzer with a deep two and he's got eight points after the first quarter.
We are at the end of the 1st quarter, and the Spurs lead by 8. Wemby has 7, and Vassell has 9, all from downtown!
Wemby to the line after the foul on Moody and he hits one of two FTs.
Paul with a pull up from the elbow and he's made a living out of making that shot.
Three ball from Johnson in the corner and the Spurs have been red hot from DT to start the game.
Paul gets into the lane and lays it up and in over Wemby.
Johnson with a tough shot from outside the paint as Podziemski was all over him.
Wemby backing down Jackson-Davis and he lays it up and in.
Paul comes out of the timeout and floats one up and over the defense from the FT line.
Wesley was waiting for the air ball shot up by Johnson and he puts it back up and in.
Timeout Warriors with 2:54 to go in the 1st quarter.
Vessell with another three ball and he's got 9 first quarter points!
Podziemski drills two in a row and he's got six quick points off the bench.
Sochan pulls up from the inside the lane after using the up and under on Moody.
Podziemski coming off the bench and he drills a three ball from the corner off the kick out from Payton.
Timeout Warriors with 4:26 to go in the first quarter.
Skip pass from Collins to Sochan who drills the corner three with a hand in his face!
Collins again getting to the rim after the dish from Champagnie and he spins around Green for the finger roll.
Collins with another close range bucket after going into the body of Gren.
Wiggins off the screen and roll, and he dashes to the rack for the lay up off the glass.
Green to the line after the foul on Sochan and he hits one of two FTs.
First timeout of the game with 6:50 to go in the first quarter.
Dump down to Collins from Sochan and he lays it up and in from underneath the bucket.
Wiggins with a deep two and that goes.
Champagnie drills a three ball and both of these teams are coming out of the gate hot.
Thompson steps into a three in transition after the dish from Kuminga and he's on the board!
Vessell fires a three from the top of the key and he's got two from outside already.
Kuminga sprints down court and skies to the cup for a big jam.
Wemby with a quick second bucket after backing down Thompson and spinning to the iron.
Wemby on the drive and floater over the defense from outside the lane.
Wiggins pulls the trigger from the top of the key and he drills the three ball!
Kuminga pulls up from the elbow, and the youngster is already on the board.
Vessell gets us going with a three ball from the corner. He wasted no time getting on the board after missing last game.
WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM SAN ANTONIO!!!
GS starters
With Steph Curry sidelined, it's going to be Chris Paul taking his place in the starting five while Klay Thompson will continue to come off the bench. Thompson has found success with the second unit, so he will come off the bench as Paul links up with Wiggins, Moody, Kuminga and Green.
Spurs starters
Well, well well. After a day long of reports that stated Wemby wasn't playing, he is in the starting five tonight for San Antonio. He had missed the previous two games and wasn't even listed as questionable earlier today but he is in Coach Popovich's starting five. Wemby is joined by Vassell, Jones, Champagnie and Sochan coming out of the gate.
Tonight there will be some serious star power missing in San Antonio. Neither Steph Curry, nor Victor Wembanyama will feature for tonight's Western Conference showdown from Frost Bank Center.
Western Conference picture
Taking a look at the standings in the Western Conference we see both of these teams well behind the leaders that are hanging out around the top of the table. The Spurs weren’t expected to compete in the West despite drafting a generational talent last spring. They are currently sitting at the bottom of the conference with a record of just 14-50. The Warriors were supposed to be better, but injuries and aging have made keeping pace with the leaders more complicated. Instead off chasing a one seed they are trying to keep out of Play-In position, but they are currently in 10th with a record of 33-30. They are 11.5 games back of the first placed Thunder, but only 3.5 games back of the 6th placed Suns who have the final automatic playoff spot. The 6th spot is well within reach, but this team has to figure out how to get wins in the time that Steph Curry has to be sidelined.
Ready. set. Kumin-go
With no Steph Curry for at least the next few games, the Warriors are going to have to find someone else to lead them in this crucial time of the season. Klay Thompson is still a sharp shooter from the perimeter, but he isn’t able to carry a team on his shoulders on a consistent basis. He may be young, but it’s time for Jonathan Kuminga to put this team on his back and claw up the standings. He is averaging 15.9 ppg, but since the turn of the new year he has become the Warriors leaders despite being only 21 years old.
Spotlight on Keldon
The Spurs are without their biggest star and their top ticket seller which means it’s time for Keldon Johnson to take over the brunt of the scoring duty again. He showed what he is capable of last game, dropping 22 points on 9/18 shooting and he is going to have the green light again from the Frost Bank Center. The Spurs third leading scorer is averaging 16 ppg this season, but has yet to score more than 30 points in a game.
Warriors last game
The Warriors were coming off a home loss to the Bulls that saw Steph Curry roll his ankle and miss the rest of the game. He was on the sideline again against the Spurs, and the Golden State offense struggled to score with one of the best shooters in the history of the game unavailable. Klay Thompson led the Warriors with 27 off the bench, and Jonathan Kuminga chipped in another 26, but a 43 point first half had the Warriors chasing the Spurs for the rest of the game. The Warriors would go on to lose their third game in the last four, and fall even farther behind the rest of the pack in the West.
Spurs last game
The Spurs went into the Bay Area and added to the Warriors problems by stifling them at the Chase Center. They were without Victor Wembanyama, but that didn’t keep them from leading for almost the entire game. Keldon Johnson led the Spurs with 22 points in a game that San Antonio took the lead late in the first quarter and held the lead until the finish line. The Spurs shot over 50% from long distance and extended their lead to as many as 21 in the second half.
We are live from Frost Center
Hello everyone and welcome to San Antonio where the Spurs return home for their next eight games, and they are coming off a win in Golden State to wrap up a brief road trip. The Warriors are in a bit of a slump that could wind up being costly if they don’t right the ship soon. They will be without Steph Curry for at least the next few games which means the rest of the team is going to have to step up in his absence. They were unable to do so last game against the Spurs, but they will get another crack at them tonight.
Warriors vs. Spurs
The Golden State Warriors are desperate to climb out of Play-In position in the Western Conference, but they are currently in a slump that has them falling farther from the 6th seed and closer to getting bounced from the post season entirely. The San Antonio Spurs don’t have much for postseason hopes but they can play spoiler, which they did against the Warriors last game and will try to do again tonight. AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s game from the Frost Bank Center.