SAN ANTONIO —
Postgame
Game Story
First Quarter
Josh Primo opened the game driving to the paint and whipping a pass to Jakob Poeltl for a dunk.
Primo drew a foul on the other end, and Poeltl got to the line and split a pair. Poeltl ripped down an offensive board, and Primo drove and kicked to Devin Vassell in the corner for three.
Poeltl stuffed Draymond Green at the rim, then grabbed another board on the offensive end. Dejounte Murray caught and fired a three, swishing it to make it a 9-2 lead early.
Primo went around a screen by Poeltl and hit a pull-up jumper, then Murray did the same. Keldon Johnson dumped it to Poeltl for an easy bucket, and a few trips later got fouled on a three. Josh Richardson came in, and moved without the ball before drawing three more free throws. He hit them, and Keldon hit a layup on an advanced move to make it a 7-0 run.
Richardson drove for a lefty scoop that gave the Spurs a 24-14 advantage.
DJ hit Zach Collins for three, then got an offensive board and sent it to Primo, who drove in for a poster dunk.
Collins got left wide open for a long two, and calmly drilled it. Collins got the ball at the buzzer and drilled another three, putting the Spurs up 36-22 after one.
Second Quarter
Golden State opened on a quick 5-0 run, and Pop called timeout. Klay Thompson got hot and cut San Antonio's lead down to five before Zach Collins scored on a roll. Richardson hit a three to put the Spurs back up double digits.
Richardson scored on another jumper, giving him a dozen points to lead all scorers. The Warriors cut the lead down to four, and Jakob Poeltl picked up his third foul and went to the bench.
Tre Jones drilled a corner three after missing his previous 13 attempts from deep. Devin Vassell grabbed a loose ball and ran in transition, and when he missed Jones was there to put it back through contact for three the old fashioned way.
The Warriors clawed back from down 10 to down just two, then Keldon hit a corner three. The Dubs answered, but Devin Vassell beat the buzzer for three to make it 63-57 at halftime.
Third Quarter
Golden State opened on a quick 5-0 run to make it a one-point game, and Pop called time.
Josh Primo hit a three and a layup, then Keldon Johnson hit a layup and a three.
Draymond Green got called for a foul, which prompted about three minutes of Green screaming at an official. Those three minutes were bookended by technical fouls, sending Dray to the showers early.
Dejounte drilled a three, then scored on a drive to go back up 10.
Klay Thompson hit a three, and Murray answered with a deuce. After that, the Spurs went the final 4:20 of the quarter without scoring as Golden State took the lead on a 10-0 run.
The Warriors led 84-83 heading to the fourth.
Fourth Quarter
San Antonio dodged a bullet from deep to start, and Poeltl generated an extra possession to get Richardson a jumper for the lead. Both teams played rather sloppily until Devin Vassell swished a triple and Klay answered with his own.
Thompson fouled Richardson for three again, and the Warriors challenged. Unfortunately for Golden State, they lost the challenge and the foul was upgraded to a flagrant 1.
Klay responded with another three, but Josh Richardson hit a tough spinning basket and Josh Primo eurostepped in for a bucket. Jak got an offensive board, and Richardson passed to Jones in the corner for his second three of the game. Jones returned the favor and found Richardson, who made it a 101-92 advantage.
San Antonio got three chances on the same possession, but couldn't hit. Jordan Poole hit his second shot in a row, pulling Golden State within 4 before a Pop timeout. Out of that, Vassell got called for a dicey offensive foul. Poole got to the line for free throws, and Wiggins tied the game with a bank shot.
Dejounte drove, spun, and scored for an and-1. Wiggins scored, Murray got stuffed at the rim, and Kuminga scored inside for the lead.
Josh Richardson came in, and Murray found him for a three to take the lead. Poole drove and made a tough layup to tie things at 107. The Spurs missed, then gave up multiple offensive boards on the other end before fouling Wiggins. He made the first, missed the second, and when Poeltl grabbed the board, he got fouled and went to the line down 1.
Jak hit the first to tie, and when he missed the second, Keldon crashed in for the putback to put the Spurs up two.
Klay missed the buzzer beater, and the Spurs held on for a 110-108 victory.
Pregame
The San Antonio Spurs (27-44) will visit the Golden State Warriors (47-23) tonight as the Spurs will start a 4-game road trip.
Rookie Joshua Primo will start again in place of the injured Doug McDermott. Before the game, Gregg Popovich talked about Steve Kerr, Draymond Green, and what makes the Warriors tough to beat.
He also spoke about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"It's been hard to even think about basketball, to be honest with you," he said. "It's just become so insignificant in your day to day with every photo you see on TV."
The Spurs are 1-1 against the Warriors this season.
In their previous game, the Spurs lost to the Pelicans, 124-91.
Devin Vassell led the team in scoring with 18 points. Dejounte Murray had 17 points while Keldon Johnson added 11 points in the loss. Head coach Gregg Popovich was ejected from the game.
"They played a great game. We didn’t play too good. They jumped out on us, and from the score, you can tell they beat us pretty bad," said Johnson.
Here are five things to watch for in tonight's game:
1. Golden State has won two of the last three meetings against the Spurs.
2. The Warriors will be without Stephen Curry as an MRI following the game on March 16 revealed a sprained left foot ligament
3. This season the Warriors have the highest plus-minus for the second half at +4.3.
4. The Spurs have lost 2-straight games to the Warriors.
5. The Spurs have lost 3-straight road games and are 9-31 versus teams with above .500 records.
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