After Danny Green's triple, Golden State scored 11 straight points to take their largest lead of the game at 44-19 with 9:22 left in the first half.
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Popovich lashed out at Zaza Pachulia for the Warriors center's defense on Leonard, telling reporters Monday that the play was "dangerous" and "unsportsmanlike" and citing a past pattern of such actions by Pachulia.
Likely without Leonard for Game 3 in San Antonio, Popovich and the Spurs must find another way to win.
Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge combined for 35 points in the first half.
In Game 1, it was San Antonio that jumped out to a huge early lead before the Warriors completed a historic second-half comeback to prevail in the end.
The Warriors' mastered their comeback with a 20-10 run that have them a 101-100 lead on a basket by Durant with 4:05 remaining in the game.
"They're going to play as hard as they can until it's over".
"We think Game 1 was tough?" he said. So I literally start to go and get in the far left lane to go through where we all go through. "If he's got it going, give him the ball". Pachulia left the game in the first quarter with a heel injury after a dunk.
"The schedule comes in and helps us out", guard Shaun Livingston said.
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"Pop" was addressing the media before game two, but we can only imagine he is angrier after seeing his side go 2-0 down in the series.
Curry's points haul included 6 3-pointers as the Warriors all-round offensive power crushed a San Antonio Spurs line-up missing the injured Kawhi Leonard and Tony Parker.
Leonard re-injured his left ankle in Sunday's 113-111 Game 1 loss after coming down on Zaza Pachulia's foot.
"It's not what I expected".
"All I care about is Kawhi's not there", Popovich said. "The only way I can process this is I think it's not about O's and X's or rebounds or turnovers or anything like that". I think he's one of the best players in this league, and I wish him all the best to get healthy. "And you have to believe". You still go to jail, I think, when you're texting and you end up killing somebody but you might not have meant to do that. San Antonio Spurs' LaMarcus Aldridge (12) is defended by Golden State Warriors' Patrick McCaw, right, and David West (3) during the first half of Game 2 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals, Tuesday, May 16, 2. "Unlike Game 1 we did that tonight". You can go back and look in Dallas games where he got a flagrant 2 for elbowing Patty Mills. "There's nothing else to do".
San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich gave a typically forthright assessment of his team's obliteration. Golden State has planned a day off Wednesday, then will practice in the Bay Area on Thursday before flying to Texas.
Kerr attended his second game this series but again watched behind the scenes as he recovers from a May 5 procedure to fix a spinal-fluid leak.
Well, maybe it's not that bad but fans are asking for his suspension claiming Zaza fulfilled his only objective on the team by intentionally injuring Kawhi Leonard for the Warriors' benefit and carrying them through to the NBA Finals. The Warriors never trailed in Game 2.
Simmons, who has stepped up his game by leaps and bounds in the postseason, was the only Spur who played as though he believed the Spurs could win.
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