Yaxel Lendeborg ‘f–ked up mentally,’ blames himself for Warriors’ loss to Spurs

Yaxel Lendeborg ‘f–ked up mentally,’ blames himself for Warriors’ loss to Spurs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

SAN ANTONIO – Steph Curry in two thrilling games against the San Antonio Spurs last season scored a combined 95 points in a three-day span. 

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The Warriors on Friday night in their first game since Curry sustained a right oblique abdominal tear scored a total of 85 points in a 38-point loss to the Spurs at Frost Bank Center. 

Life comes at you fast without Wardell. 

That kind of rough reality was especially true for Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg, who easily had the worst game of his NBA career thus far. Lendeborg scored a career-low three points on 1-of-13 shooting and was a minus-40 in 23 minutes. 

“We just lost by like 100,” Lendeborg said at his locker. “I’m f–ked up mentally right now.” 

Trash talking Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Dončić wasn’t Lendeborg’s real welcome to the NBA moment. Playing without Curry against Victor Wembanyama and the defending Western Conference champions, who came into the night on a 10-game win streak, was. 

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The game was over in the opening minutes. San Antonio raced out to an 18-0 lead, which is the most points the Warriors have ever allowed before scoring since the NBA’s play-by-play era began in the 1997-98 season. 

With Lendeborg sitting at his locker with a towel draped over his head, director of player development/assistant coach Everett Dayton tried his best to console the young forward. The two work together individually, and it’s Dayton who takes Lendeborg through his pregame routine. His message was what the rest of the coaching staff and Warriors teammates are trying to relay to their prized rookie: It’s a long season, and games like these only can be good for the long haul. 

Lendeborg wasn’t being dismissive. He was just dejected as someone who is competitive to the core and harshly hard on himself. 

“Ain’t gonna lie, I don’t even … I don’t have nothing to learn, bro,” Lendeborg said in response to reporters. “We got the s–t beat out of us. I don’t know what to learn, man. I was flustered the entire game,…

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