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Well, that was not a fun game at all. The Golden State Warriors lost 123-85 against the San Antonio Spurs, in a game that was truly over before the Dubs even scored a point. They trailed 18-0 at the halfway mark of the first quarter, and with no Steph Curry to save them, there was never a chance on the road against a team that entered the night with a 10-game winning streak.
No one needs to spend much more time thinking about this game, so let’s run through the grades very, very quickly. As always, grades are based on my expectations for each individual player, with a “B” grade representing the average performance for that player.
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Note: True-shooting percentage (TS) is a scoring efficiency metric that accounts for threes and free throws. Entering Friday’s games, league-average TS was 57.4%.
De’Anthony Melton
18 minutes, 8 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 1 foul, 3-for-11 shooting, 2-for-6 threes, 36.4% TS, -29
Melton got the start in Curry’s absence, as I’m guessing he’ll continue to do. He did some good things, but also some bad things. His inability to penetrate San Antonio’s defense made it hard for him to quarterback the offense, and while he had some nice defensive plays, he struggled with the Spurs’ speed and length.
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Grade: C
Yaxel Lendeborg
24 minutes, 3 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 3 turnovers, 3 fouls, 1-for-13 shooting, 0-for-2 threes, 1-for-2 free throws, 10.8% TS, -40
Well, there’s no way to sugarcoat this one, other than to say the obvious: these games happen to rookies, and they’re just part of the learning process. Lendeborg will get better because of this game, but he sure won’t have a fun time looking back through the film.
This was a double whammy for the Dubs’ first-round pick. It was his first game since he was handed the keys following Curry’s injury, and it was his first time facing a team like the Spurs. They don’t make players like Victor Wembanyama in the Big 10, and they don’t make defenses this long, fast, or rangy. Lendeborg was at a total loss when having to deal with those things, though credit to him for not slumping his shoulders, and…
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