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The Silver and Black had a lackluster opener to Summer season League with a 82-69 loss to the Warmth, who dominated the inexperienced Spurs with Pelle Larson and Kel’El Ware doing a lot of the injury. The Spurs had been lacking the providers of Dylan Harper and Riley Minix, which left them short-handed towards a Warmth squad with extra gamers with NBA expertise. There have been just a few shiny spots for the Summer season Spurs, with Nathan Mensah enjoying laborious towards Ware and holding up for essentially the most half on the defensive finish, and with Jameer Nelson Jr. having some good performs from the purpose, together with a spectacular dunk in visitors. Carter Bryant had some good moments, however he largely seemed misplaced and like he was going to take some time to get used to enjoying professional basketball, with as many fouls as factors scored, with seven of every. Osayi Osifo outdid him, with a gaudy 9 fouls in in 17 minutes, virtually fouling out, which takes 10 fouls in Summer season League.
Tonight, they face the Warriors, who don’t have any skilled NBA gamers, which would appear like a extra even matchup, however they Warriors defeated the Lakers final evening 89-84 with a balanced assault with 4 gamers in double figures, so it could possibly be one other robust afternoon for the inexperienced Summer season Silver and Black dudes. Harper and Minix gained’t play till the crew goes to Vegas subsequent week, so one of the best hope is that Bryant can play just a little extra below management, and the remainder of the crew can achieve just a little extra group on protection, which was sadly missing yesterday. Actually, Summer season League is all about follow and participant analysis, however it could be good to see if some semblance of crew play breaks out of their second recreation collectively.
The Spurs have yet one more recreation within the California Basic after this one, dealing with the Summer season Lakers on Tuesday evening, after which they are going to be taking the brief journey to Nevada to play within the Las Vegas Summer season League, beginning with a recreation towards the Sixers on Thursday evening, with a marquee matchup between second and third picks Dylan Harper and VJ Edgecombe.
Sport Prediction:
After one of many assigned referees chokes on a sizzling canine within the pre-game, a random fan can be picked to assist officiate the sport. They may do a greater job than the opposite two officers on the court docket, which can trigger a combat to interrupt out on the court docket between the common and visitor referees.
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San Antonio Spurs vs Golden State Warriors [California Classic Summer League]July 6, 2025 | 5:30 PM CT TV: FanDuel Southwest, NBA TV
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