Record crowd sees Warriors wallop Spurs at Alamodome

Jordan Poole scored 25 factors off the bench to steer a balanced assault because the Golden State Warriors emphatically snapped a three-game shedding streak and spoiled San Antonio’s occasion with a 144-113 victory on Friday in a sport performed within the Alamodome, the Spurs’ residence from 1993-2002.

Attendance was introduced as 68,323, an all-time document crowd for an NBA regular-season contest. The attendance eclipsed the earlier league regular-season document of 62,046 that watched the Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks play in 1998 within the Georgia Dome.

Golden State led for all however the opening minutes and had been up by 14 factors at halftime. The Warriors then busted open the sport and quieted the group by outscoring San Antonio by 11 factors within the third interval and lengthening the result in 114-89.

Through three quarters, Golden State transformed 58.7 p.c of its subject objectives, together with 17 of 36 from past the arc. That efficiency allowed the Warriors to relaxation starters Stephen Curry (15 factors) and Klay Thompson (16) within the fourth quarter as Golden State simply received the primary of a five-game highway journey.

Eight of the ten Warriors’ gamers who noticed the court docket scored not less than 12 factors. Donte DiVincenzo led the workforce with 22 factors.

Tre Jones paced San Antonio with 21 factors, with Keldon Johnson scoring 17, Doug McDermott including 14, Malaki Branham 12 and Romeo Langford 11. The Spurs have dropped 4 straight video games and 7 of their final eight.

The Warriors had been unfazed by the massive crowd or the heightened depth created by the environment, leaping out to a 17-4 lead on the energy of a 13-0 run that was capped by a driving reverse layup by Curry on the 7:42 mark of the primary interval.

San Antonio responded with a 9-0 spurt to get again within the sport and had been inside 33-28 on the finish of the quarter.

Golden State scored 41 factors within the second quarter and solid a 74-60 lead on the break. DiVincenzo led all scorers with 12 factors, whereas Curry, Poole and Kevon Looney had 10 apiece. McDermott and Jones paced the Spurs with 11 factors every.

–Field Level Media/Reuters