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San Antonio Spurs rout Golden State Warriors 123-85 for 11th straight win as Stephon Castle scores 32
Stephon Castle scored a season-high 32 on 12-of-18 shooting, and the Spurs opened on an 18-0 run, led by as many as 43 and moved to 2-0 in West Group C. Golden State played without Stephen Curry.
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Stephon Castle scored a season-high 32 points, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Golden State Warriors 123-85 in an Emirates NBA Cup group game at Frost Bank Center on Friday, November 13, for their 11th straight win.
San Antonio improved to 11-2 and 2-0 in West Group C. The Warriors, playing without Stephen Curry (right oblique tear), Jimmy Butler, Kristaps Porzingis and Moses Moody, fell to 8-5 and 1-1 in Cup play. The Spurs never trailed and led by as many as 43 points.
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An 18-0 start
Castle opened the game with a three from Victor Wembanyama and hit another one 90 seconds later. By the time Wembanyama dunked on a pass from Castle with 7:31 left in the first quarter, San Antonio led 18-0. Golden State did not score until Gui Santos’ driving layup with 5:53 to go.
Castle had 13 points in the quarter, and the Spurs led 38-14 after one. The Warriors made only five field goals in the opening 12 minutes, two of them threes by LJ Cryer.
Green’s flagrant foul
With 6:47 left in the second quarter, Draymond Green was called for a flagrant foul 1 for shoving Wembanyama from behind and sending him out of bounds. Wembanyama made the free throw, Dylan Harper’s jumper on the same play counted, and Green went to the bench for the rest of the half. He came back to start the third quarter and played until the 7:25 mark, finishing with 4 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 16 minutes.
Castle’s three from Harper made it 51-25, and De’Aaron Fox made three free throws with 0.8 seconds left in the half to put San Antonio up 63-33 at the break.
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Castle’s third quarter
Castle scored 14 more points in the third. He had a driving dunk, a three-point play and a three from Julian Champagnie, and Wembanyama set him up for two more dunks, the second of which made it 84-47 with 4:47 left. Harrison Barnes’ three with 56.7 seconds to go put the Spurs up 95-52, their biggest lead, and both teams emptied their benches for the fourth quarter.
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Around the box
Castle shot 12-of-18, 5-of-8 from three and 3-of-3 at the line, with 5 rebounds and 6 assists in 25 minutes. Wembanyama had 12 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists in 21 minutes. Keldon Johnson scored 18 off the bench, Barnes had 11, and Harper added 9 points and 4 assists. San Antonio had 34 assists, outrebounded Golden State 60-43 and outscored it 56-28 in the paint and 21-3 on fast breaks.
Cryer led the Warriors with 20 points on 6-of-11 three-point shooting, and Charles Bassey had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Golden State shot 31-of-93 (33%). Yaxel Lendeborg went 1-of-13 for 3 points, and De’Anthony Melton and Brandin Podziemski scored 8 each. Attendance was 18,849.
What’s next
The Spurs visit the Utah Jazz on Sunday, November 15, at 5 p.m. ET (12 a.m. Monday Cairo time). The Warriors visit the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday, November 16, at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time).
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