The Warriors are one of many prime groups within the league with a Corridor of Fame celebrity in Steph Curry, and tonight was a sport they wanted to win. The Spurs are lacking their prime two gamers and have been eradicated from the postseason for some time, however they’re nonetheless taking part in for one another and the crew, and tonight they performed the spoiler and scrambled the Western Convention standings. Golden State wanted a win to keep away from the play-in and the opportunity of an early exit, however the Spurs put collectively a win with an amazing effort from Harrison Barnes and Keldon Johnson off the bench. Steph Curry did his finest to maintain the Spurs at bay however the good guys made the clutch performs down the stretch, capped by an amazing game-ending shot from Harrison Barnes as time ran out for a 114-111 Spurs win.
Observations
Nicely, that is embarrassing: I instructed you final evening that I’d written my final recap of the season. However resulting from calendar bother, akin to when Elmer Fudd couldn’t inform if it was duck or ‘wabbit’ season, I used to be improper. My private calendar had me overlaying that sport, however the true calendar had Mateo Mayorga on the sport, so PTR had two fast recaps final evening. Bonus content material, if you’ll. That was utterly my fault and my error. Tonight will actually be my final recap of the season. I already spilled my guts about how I felt about this season, so I’m not going to repeat that. It labored out OK for me, as a result of tonight was possibly essentially the most thrilling sport to look at of the season, and it’s all the time extra enjoyable to write down these after a win.
Jacob Tobey’s pink blazer is fairly distinctive, I don’t suppose Invoice Land might have pulled off that look.
The Spurs didn’t rating within the first 4 and a half minutes because the Warriors rushed out to an 11-0 lead. The Spurs scored the subsequent 8, however the Warriors led 32-23 on the finish of the primary after the groups traded streaks.
Fort is only a rookie, however he’s already the most effective accessible participant on the crew with Wembanyama and Fox out for the season. Barnes and Paul are nice vets, however they only don’t have the flexibility to make elite performs like Steph at this level of their careers. I can’t wait to see what Fort goes to do with a full roster subsequent yr.
For some cause, the video and audio weren’t synchronized on the native broadcast, and it was bizarre listening to Jacob Tobey inform me whether or not or not a shot was good earlier than it acquired to the web, like he was from the longer term.
Don’t flip your again on Blake Wesley when he’s inbounding the ball. He’s going to bounce it off your again and make you seem like a idiot. Brandin Podziemski discovered that lesson the exhausting manner within the second quarter.
The Spurs retook the lead early within the second quarter because the Warriors’ depth sagged. A Chris Paul triple put the Spurs forward by three, a lead they prolonged to 9 as they went on an prolonged 24-3 run that pushed their result in 8. The Spurs led 55-51 following a Fort dunk on the half.
The Warriors regained the lead early within the third as Moses Moody went down the lane unheeded for a spectacular dunk because the Spurs as soon as once more got here out of the locker room flat after halftime. Very quickly, the Spurs’ 4-point lead turned a 9-point deficit. San Antonio’s effort improved because the quarter went on, however the execution faltered because the Warriors hit extra photographs and led 88-76 with 1 / 4 to play with Curry doing a lot of the harm.
Sean Elliot stated that this yr’s NBA season has been like 5 seasons, and with all that’s occurred, he’s not improper.
The Silver and Black had been sizzling to begin the fourth and lower the lead with a 12-4 run to begin the quarter, with Keldon Johnson getting unfastened within the paint. Possibly it was a little bit early to begin throwing dust on the Spurs’ grave because the Warriors solely led by 4 with 9 minutes to play. The nice guys got here all the best way again with slightly below 5 minutes left because the rating was tied at 99.
Keldon Johnson had certainly one of his finest video games of the season and put the Spurs within the lead on a slick help from Steph Fort with 11 seconds left. Draymond tied it up with 3 seconds left, however then it was Barnes time, as he drained a three-point dagger for the win to seal San Antonio’s 114-111 win in San Francisco.
How can we create such nice content material right here at PTR? Glad you requested:
I assumed I would share a little bit bit about my writing course of for these recaps:
Whereas I’m watching the sport, I kind out just about any thought that comes into my head.
After I’m out of concepts, I am going again and have a look at what I already typed out, and delete the boring factors.
I reorganize them to type a story — kind of — however hold a minimum of one random factor in right here to interrupt issues up and type a non sequitur. Possibly I’ll pepper in some popular culture references, too.
I write a brief paragraph to introduce this mish-mash of poorly written prose.
Then, I do a lightweight edit to repair grammar and cut back repetitive phrases.
Afterward, it comes time to choose the goofiest wanting image from the feed of sport photographs.
And lastly, keep in mind to press SEND
It’s fairly easy, and typically it really works out, and sometimes it doesn’t, nevertheless it’s enjoyable to do. I can’t imagine that PTR lets me hold doing it, however apparently [some of the] readers take pleasure in it. Some day, I’ll do some extra long-form stuff, however whenever you’re writing a narrative that’s going out inside minutes of the sport ending, it’s finest to not overthink it.
Simply two extra video games left, the Suns on Friday, and the ultimate sport at dwelling in opposition to the Raptors on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 PM. After which no extra Spurs till November.
