OAKLAND, Calif. — In win No. 70 on the season, a 112-101 home victory over the San Antonio Spurs, the Golden State Warriors didn't find the spellbinding level of play that had been eluding them for weeks.
Instead, they found better things: peace of mind and proof they could win a game played mostly on the Spurs' terms.
Long on emotion and energy but short on focus at the outset, the Dubs clearly appreciated the urgency of the moment. They needed this win—to prove the mental fatigue plaguing them wasn't chronic, to clinch the Western Conference's top seed and to keep the quest for 73 alive.
Though they zeroed in eventually, all of the familiar elements from their recent losses to the Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics—turnovers, haphazard shot selection and general sloppiness—were present.
On the first offensive possession of the game, Draymond Green threw the ball away on an ill-advised outlet pass, leading to a Tony Parker jumper seconds later. And when Green picked up his second foul (and a technical and a delay-of-game warning for his trouble) with 8:07 left i ...
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