The San Antonio Spurs are currently facing the Golden State Warriors, in which the Spurs at one point held a 25-point first-half lead. Here are some Twitter reactions.
The San Antonio Spurs and the Golden State Warriors are currently playing Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. The series match-up has been much ballyhooed; the two teams both emphasize fundamentals, high-quality offense and defense.
But as of now, it appears only the Spurs have an interest in being the complete team today. In the first half, the Spurs once held a 44-19 lead on the Warriors.
Yes, you read that right; they had a 44-19, 25 point lead on the Warriors. Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge we’re on fire on the offensive end, while the switching on defense by Leonard and the rest of the Spurs confused Golden State. Twitter, of course, reacted appropriately.
Finally, a non-Michael Jordan crying face for starters.
A shot at Mike Brown’s coaching pedigree is only right on this occasion.
Spurs lead Warriors 44-19. #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/4gPQmGguFG
— BIGPLAY (@BIGPLAY) May 14, 2017
Michael Wilbon is just blown away at the quality of basketball the Spurs is playing. I’m sure we all can picture him saying this tweet.
I'm looking at the San Antonio Spurs, once again, in absolute disbelief...
— Michael Wilbon (@RealMikeWilbon) May 14, 2017
The Spurs currently are up on the Warriors 62-42 at the end of the first half. This turnover/shooting percentage stat tells the story, though.
Spurs 62, Warriors 42 at half. San Antonio shooting 52.3 percent; Golden State 34.2. Warriors have 10 TOs for 19 Spurs points.
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) May 14, 2017
Ouch.
I am happily stunned. But at home, GSt will make a BIG RUN. Then we will see if the Spurs' skill/will can hold off Dubs' explosive talent.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) May 14, 2017
Spurs-Warriors first half recap... pic.twitter.com/YwWPxi2APb
— Randy Cruz (@randyjcruz) May 14, 2017
Warriors fans watching the first half pic.twitter.com/gdBturTzvj
— David Vincent (@DVince_) May 14, 2017
First 5 minutes of 2nd half will be telling. Either Warriors make a dent, or it gets beyond the point of no return.
— Brian Witt (@Wittnessed) May 14, 2017
The assist leader for the #Warriors in the first half is Kevin #Durant, with 6 assists. It has not been a high scoring half for KD: 8 points
— Joanne Spruce (@JoanneSpruceC21) May 5, 2017
The Warriors aren’t a team that shoots sub-par from the floor, but we as basketball fans would be naive to think this trend will continue. Not sure if it will change in the second half, but it will be surprising if their shooting woes aren’t fixed by the next game.
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Leonard has most recently been ruled out by the Spurs and the Warriors are closing the gap in the third quarter. The game could still be the Spurs for the taking, but we can never count out the Warriors.