Takeaways from attending the Spurs-Warriors game

Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty ImagesI’m writing part of this on my phone on the way back to San Marcos from San Antonio.

I got a pair of free tickets to Tuesday night’s game between the Spurs and Warriors. (If you aren’t signed up for the Spurs Give newsletter, you’re missing out.) I actually had a choice between this game, Thursday’s game against the Heat, or Friday’s game against the Rockets. And I chose the Warriors game because, you know, they’re the Warriors.

I had a friend who had never been to an NBA game before and so I offered him my spare ticket if he would drive us. He’s a ride-or-die Carmelo Anthony fan and did not have a rooting interest one way or another, but he was…