The San Antonio Spurs failed to redeem themselves for Wednesday’s home loss to the Warriors, losing again to the same outfit on Friday in Emirates Cup play. Incessant turnovers and inability to get the half-court offense flowing doomed them.

Mitch Johnson was forced to call the first stoppage as the Warriors scored eight of their initial 11 points in the lane. He substituted Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox out for Luke Kornet and Keldon Johnson, but Stephen Curry kept shredding the half-court defense before taking a breather with 10 points. On top of that, the Spurs had the intensity of a late-morning shootaround and were careless with the ball, losing it six times and almost matching as many made field goals (7).

They went into the second quarter with a two-point lead because their v

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