This is probably one of the worst nightmares for Golden State Warriors Fans, watching their beloved team being thrashed away in their own hometown. While Kawhi Leonard moved the San Antonio Spurs with his new career-high of 35 points in the season-opening in a score of 129-100 on Tuesday night.
According to Sports Inquirer, thousands of fans had arrived at Oakland's Oracle Arena hoping to see new signee Kevin Durant take his place amongst the most the best offense team in the NBA but while Durant enjoyed a hard enough scoring league introduction with a 27 points, the Warriors were easily outplayed by the San Antonio Spurs who played smarter and look sharper in almost every area on the court.
The splash brother Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson both failed to smack the heights of their best shape of last year when they led the Golden State Warriors to a hack historic NBA record of 73 wins against only with 9 losses.
The Warriors had some trick left and trying to get back in it but San Antonio answered harshly each time. This reminds when Golden State used to pull out within 50-42 in the second quarter before the San Antonio closed the half on a 14-4 run.
In Itapunta news, San Antonio led the game on 31-20 after the first while the Warriors shot only 7 for 20 with four baskets by Durant.
Unheralded guard, Jonathon Simmons exploded for his first career-high of 20 points, outscoring the Warriors' bench by his played alone while fellow reserve guards Patty Mills and Manu Ginobili added another 11 and 10 correspondingly.
The Golden State Warriors were at home for the season opener night and BPI gave them a 69 percent chance to win the game. Golden State Warriors beats Oklahoma City in four, Portland in five and San Antonio in five in the last season.
San Antonio Spurs hit half of its 24 3-point shots and 48 percent overall. It's the first time since Coach Gregg Popovich's initial the league season as a head coach of the Spurs since in 1996-97 to be precise.
