What were you doing during the first Spurs-Warriors matchup? I was doing my taxes. AT&T staff were apparently showing fans eating nachos on the jumbotron. Little Emilio of Monterrey, Mexico (a huge Warriors fan) was sleeping on his mother’s lap.
No disrespect to Patty Mills (who tied a career high with 21 first half points) and Ian Clark (who scored a career high 36 for Golden State), but this wasn’t what we had expected. Sending out B-lineups in a game with such monumental stakes is, to quote Manu Ginobili, “awkward.” It’s tantamount to going into a giant court case with nothing but paralegals and My Cousin Patty representing the state and the defendant.