Man what a great Warriors win. Atmosphere was insane, could tell the whole crowd was hyped.
And the players were also. This may have been the most intense I've seen Curry in a while. Same with some of the bench guys like Livingston. They were dialed in tonight.
Will have to wait and see what Pop does in the playoffs though, just feel like you can never get a full read on him until the postseason. Though I think he was definitely trying to win tonight in the first half. Lots of talk with his assistants, some anger and frustration at his players and the refs. But once halftime hit he was checked out and I assume just taking mental notes. I barely saw him get up in the last two quarters.
Edit: also Kawhi is fascinating to watch (and insanely good). He's maybe the quietest star NBA player I've ever seen in person. I think the most I heard from him tonight was "Oh! What??" towards a ref. And after that he instantly put on his poker face and jogged back on D. It's kinda awesome. Refreshing change of pace compared to most NBA players.
Aldridge played the most minutes at 25
almost all starters were checked out before the end of the second quarter
Pop just doesn't care for regular season......hell his comments to the press even show it. The spurs although they lost by 30 are dangerous because no one knows what they will become until playoffs. They always hide half their sets till then, they don't play anyone real minutes till then. Hell Parker played 17 minutes maybe.
Spurs just.....don't care about regular season. To me it was more or less just Pop examining every player on golden states roster and how they matched with the Spurs.
I still think Spurs could beat golden state if they wanted to.....its just not going to be easy at all.
However if golden state loses either Draymond or Curry.....they become insanely vulnerable.