FINAL RECAP WITH HIGHLIGHTS: WCF Game 2 – Warriors (2-0) Cruise To Victory Behind Curry’s 29-7-7, Beat Spurs (0-2) 136-100

ORACLE ARENA, OAKLAND, CA — This is a continuation of the halftime recap of the San Antonio Spurs at the Golden State Warriors, Game 2 of the 2017 Western Conference Finals.

The Warriors took a 72-44 lead into halftime. Once again, head coach Steve Kerr addressed his team at halftime:

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Q3: Recovery

Matt Barnes got the start over Zaza Pachulia to start the second half, as Pachulia went to the locker room and was ruled out with a right heel contusion.

The Warriors came out flat, with misses from Klay Thompson, plus a turnover, Kevin Durant (twice), and Stephen Curry, and the Spurs pulled to within 72-54 with under nine minutes remaining.

But Curry finally broke the trance, turning a defensive rebound into a touchdown pass to Barnes, his layup getting goal-tended, then Steph added another drive…

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…and later fed Durant from the left side for three.

However, Draymond Green threw the ball away to Danny Green and Warriors interim head coach Mike Brown called timeout with 7:18 to play, his lead down to 81-59.

After a Dewayne Dedmon dunk, Curry made a hesi move to split a double-team by Dedmon, Dedmon fell to the ground, fouled Steph, and Curry hit the scoop in stride for an and-one:

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Green added an assist to Thompson in the left corner for a trey, Patrick McCaw hit another three, and after Jonathon Simmons went short over Klay, Curry brought the ball up and pulled up from the top for three more…

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…giving the Warriors a dominating 93-66 lead as Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich called timeout with 4:56 to play.

Out of the timeout, Steph got a lob to JaVale McGee, McGee later got a running hook to drop, McCaw hit a long two from the corner, Green got fouled on an offensive rebound and hit free throws, then added a finger roll and another free throw with 19 seconds to go in the quarter, which gave Golden State a 106-75 lead heading into the final frame.

Q4: Mop-Up

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