Skip to main content. Game 2 Preview: Warriors vs. Posted: Apr 14, Facebook Twitter. San Antonio continued to miss three-pointers, but they were getting a quietly solid night from Tim Duncan, who picked up 17 points on his first 11 attempts. Thompson finished the half with 29 points on a ridiculous 7-of-8 from three-point range, giving the Warriors a point lead after the first two quarters. San Antonio came out with a bit more offensive competence, finally hitting their first three-pointer of the game on a Danny Green bomb to cut the deficit to It took the Spurs until well into the third quarter, but a huge dunk from Kawhi Leonard, a technical foul on Festus Ezeli, a three-pointer from Danny Green, and some hack-a-Bogut finally did cut the lead to single digits.
Of course, all it took was a Thompson three-pointer to put Golden State at an point advantage going into the fourth quarter. With a little bit of some ugly back-and-forth, San Antonio was able to put together a bit less ugly than the Warriors and cut the lead to just eight points with eight minutes to play. Golden State looked to be in the same funk that they fell into during San Antonio's comeback in Game 1, but Draymond Green came up with a big three-pointer to kill the Spurs' momentum after bringing the game to a six-point margin.
Suddenly we had a contest between guards—Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker taking on the offensive load for the Spurs, Jarrett Jack and Curry doing it all for the Warriors.
A long two put the Warriors up by 10 with under two minutes to go, and that just about sealed it, leaving all four conference semifinal series tied at one game apiece. Curry hit his first field goal of the night with 43 seconds left in Q2. Melissa Rohlin melissarohlin Kerr warned the Warriors that tonight was the perfect trap game.
They were coming off a big win over the Suns. The game started at He cautioned his guys that they needed the requisite energy. Warning not heeded. They trailed the Spurs by as many as 22 pts in the first half. Golden State Warriors warriors Warriors take a run into the break pic. Golden State Warriors warriors That three is dangerous. San Antonio Spurs spurs count it!! Warriors, once down by as many as 22, finally have found a little consistency heading into the half.
They trail by just 9 at the break. And it bring these Warriors within four points as the final seconds on the first half wind down. Spurs winning that area by just 4 now — PM.
Feels like a big win for them over those minutes. That Spurs 22 point lead is down to 10 points — PM. Not because it cut the Spurs lead to 13, but because he was 4 for his last 25 from 3. Have used a spurt to cut a point deficit to Spurs 22 point lead down to 13 points — PM. Spurs shooting It turns out he wants to a lot.
Nick Friedell NickFriedell Steph now 0-for-6 to start the game. Warriors look lifeless. After an emotional beatdown of the Phoenix Suns to end their game win streak and regain the best record in the NBA, the Dubs have to strap on their sneakers less than 24 hours later to take on a San Antonio Spurs that is finding some success despite a rough start to the season. Over that three game stretch they have posted a defensive rating of Forbes says they're getting it done on defense with deflections.
They want an up and down game and the team has a lot of great defenders. Says they can be a team that can sneak up on people if they play defense porvida.
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