
Spurs Blow Out Warriors, Box Score Stats, Highlights for Wemby, Yaxel, Draymond, Castle, Top Players
The Golden State Warriors started out an extended stretch without Stephen Curry with a blowout loss to the hottest team in the NBA.
Stephon Castle racked up 32 points as the San Antonio Spurs secured a 123-85 Friday home win over a Warriors team missing Curry to an oblique abdominal tear.
The Spurs have now secured 11 straight wins to mark the team's longest victory streak since last March.
Here's a look at the top performers from Friday night's NBA Cup action as Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg struggled to step up in Curry's absence.
| Player | PTS | REB | AST | BLK | STL |
| Stephon Castle (SA) | 32 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Keldon Johnson (SA) | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Victor Wembanyama (SA) | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Harrison Barnes (SA) | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Harper (SA) | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| De'Aaron Fox (SA) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Devin Vassell (SA) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| LJ Cryer (GS) | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Charles Bassey (GS) | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| De'Anthony Melton (GS) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Brandin Podziemski (GS) | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Will Richard (GS) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Draymond Green (GS) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Yaxel Lendeborg (GS) | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The Spurs opened the game with 18 unanswered points as the Warriors started out 0-for-11 from the field.
That 0-18 stretch marked the worst start by the Warriors in any game coached by Steve Kerr, per ESPN's Matt Williams (h/t ESPN's Anthony Slater). It also marked the Spurs' largest game-opening run in the play-by-play era, according to the NBA.
The Warriors closed out the first quarter trailing by 24 points and were unable to make up any ground in the second.
The team faced a 30-point deficit by halftime, at which point Lendeborg and Brandin Podziemski had combined for just two field goals.
Golden State's 33 points through two quarters marked the fewest both that the Warriors have scored and the Spurs have allowed in any first half this season, per San Antonio Spurs on SI's Matt Guzman.
The Spurs never let up down the stretch, outscoring the Warriors 60-52 in the second half to close out the blowout victory.
Castle racked up his season-high points total on 12-for-18 shooting as the Spurs outshot the Warriors 48 percent to 33 percent from the field.
San Antonio improved to 2-0 in the NBA Cup's West Group C with the win. The Spurs will now look to ride that momentum into Sunday's matchup against a Utah Jazz team on the opposite trajectory after losing 11 straight.
The Warriors will look to regroup Monday at the New Orleans Pelicans as Kerr determines what lineup will best fill in for Curry, who ESPN's Shams Charania reported the team expects could be sidelined for around a month.







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