Author: Stephen Anderson

As the old saying goes: It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. It was a tale of two halves for the San Antonio Spurs but it would be the second half that would have dire results, putting the Silver and Black in a 0-2 hole as the series shifts back to San Antonio. Despite a solid night from LaMarcus Aldridge, the Spurs fell 116-101 to the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of their Western Conference first-round series at Oracle Arena on Monday night. “I was pleased with the team tonight,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “They executed...

The San Antonio Spurs had not won on the road in over a month. Combine that with their inconsistent play on the offensive end and their opponent is one of the best scoring teams in the league, it was a recipe for disaster. The Spurs could never get it going offensively as they fell to the defending champion Golden State Warriors 113-92 at Oracle Arena in Game 1 of their first-round series on Saturday afternoon. “They [Warriors] had more grunt, they had more physicality,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “The first quarter we looked like a deer in headlights,...