The Spurs’ issues in the fourth quarter continued on Tuesday, leading to one of the worst losses of the season. San Antonio led by as many as 16 points in the final period before completely collapsing and letting a Warriors team missing four starters and other rotation players come back to get a 124-120 win.
With so many Warriors players out, including Stephen Curry, the risk that the Spurs would get overconfident was there from the start. Early on it seemed like it was going to hurt them, as their defense was allowing a few too many drives that were making life easier for their shorthanded opponent.