Lakers 38, Golden State 15 in the first quarter. Golden State 38, Lakers 15 in the second. Level at half-time. I copied the two lines one under the other in my folder, in black biro, just to see. It makes a mirror. I have never seen a mirror on a scoresheet, and I’ve kept them since 2014.
After that, Golden State won 112-95. A hundred and twelve, ninety-five, it’s on the sheet. The Warriors came back from 25 points down with Stephen Curry, 31 points, eight three-pointers made. The Lakers lost the ball 22 times, and Golden State scored 27 points off them. Austin Reaves finished with 21 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists in 37 minutes, and 8 turnovers, the most in the game.
Then he went in front of the microphones. “I was terrible again. That’s it,” he said, according to BasketNews. He added that the group that opened the second quarter had been bad and that “that starts with me.” The team’s untested combinations, he refused to make an excuse of them: “I’ll watch the film and try to be better.”
Noted. At our place, after a game, people come to the table to argue about a foul, a minute, a time-out nobody heard. Nobody has ever come to the table to say “it was me.” The sheet has no column for that. It has points, fouls, time-outs, the captains’ signatures. He signed alone.
Two sentences and a full stop. I wouldn’t have written it shorter, and it’s my job.
Game over, sheet signed, nothing to add.
It’s true, we checked: BasketNews.
