SAN ANTONIO — The Golden State Warriors (8-5) fell behind 18-0 and never recovered, losing 123-85 to the San Antonio Spurs (11-2) on Friday night in the Emirates NBA Cup: West Group C.
The Warriors played without Stephen Curry, out with an oblique injury — the team says at least two weeks — and they had nothing without him. They didn’t score until five minutes into the game, and by then the Spurs were up 18-0. The Warriors lost the first quarter 38-14 and trailed 63-33 at halftime. Cryer led the Warriors with 20 points off the bench, hitting 6-of-11 from three, but the Warriors shot just 33.3 percent from the field, 31-of-93, and their starters managed 30 points combined. Yaxel Lendeborg went 1-of-13 from the field for three points. De’Anthony Melton and Brandin Podziemski had eight points each, Will Richard had seven, Draymond Green four.
The Spurs shot 48.4 percent, 46-of-95, and outrebounded the Warriors 60-43, including 15 offensive rebounds to 10. They had 34 assists to the Warriors’ 23, seven steals to four, seven blocks to five, and turned it over just nine times to the Warriors’ 13.
Stephon Castle scored 32 points on 12-of-18 shooting, including 5-of-8 from three, with six assists and five rebounds for the Spurs. Victor Wembanyama added 12 points, 12 rebounds and six assists. Keldon Johnson had 18 points off the bench, and Dylan Harper had nine points and four assists.
The Spurs pushed the lead to 67-39 in the third quarter on Castle’s dunk off Harper’s feed, and the Warriors never got closer than 24 the rest of the way.
The Warriors are 8-5. The Spurs are 11-2.
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