Spurs, Heat looking for bounce-back efforts in Game 2

San Antonio might have been able to steal game 2 in Oracle Arena Monday night, but they had a historically bad shooting night. They have won 13 of the last 17 meetings in this series and also won and covered five of their last eight in San Antonio. The Warriors will continue to be faced with some top competition during the playoffs.

The Warriors went with their same starting lineup from game 1 that consisted of Andre Iguodala, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and JaVale McGee.

“It’s hard for many to just quit your love for the Spurs or any pro sports team over some specific comments from a coach or stuff that’s going on with a player”, he said.

He finished with a double-double of 34 points and 12 rebounds.

Ben Simmons led the Philadelphia scoring with 24 points, with Dario Saric adding 23 and Marco Belinelli 16.

Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich hasn’t just taken on the Warriors in the first round of the National Basketball Association playoffs. While he’ll qualify for a $219 million “super-max” extension this offseason, there’s reason to believe that both he and the Spurs would be wary of such an investment in each other. Through two games, the Warriors have now outscored the Spurs by 36 points off three-pointers.

“I thought the Spurs did a great job of countering the way we defended in Game 1 and they beat us on a lot of plays”, Kerr said.

SPURS AT WARRIORS, Golden State leads 1-0. San Antonio is shooting 26 percent on 3-pointers in the series after averaging 35 percent during the regular season.

Game 3 is Thursday in San Antonio. On Saturday, as the Spurs took on the Warriors, Hold instead went bowling.

Ailene Voisin, of the Sacramento Bee, claimed Leonard will go weeks without replying to communication from his team or fellow team-mates as he continues his injury rehab in NY, rather than at the Spurs’ facility. He’s incredible. Kevin, you look up at the end of the game and he has 30-plus points.

The Warriors missed 9 consecutive shots as the game rolled into the second quarter before an emphatic David West dunk ended the prolonged drought. Game 3 should be the most highly contested game in this series so far, and will come down to a play or two late.

San Antonio is 1-4 ATS with 3 overs, 1 under and 1 push over their last five games. But it could not stop Durant or Thompson from thriving as scorers, despite their initial hiccups.