Spurs won't overreact to blowout loss to Warriors

The Warriors dominated the Spurs proving once again that they are the leagues best team
afterward, the kind of thing that offered a reminder of why they remain the NBA blueprint when it comes to building a healthy culture and why some other organizations with top-tier teams (here’s looking at you, Cleveland Cavaliers) still have a long way to go. Credit Popovich with the assist.
"My opening comment here will be that I’m just glad my general manager wasn’t in the locker room, because it might have gotten me fired," Popovich said.
That line was a reference to the decision of Cavaliers general manager David Griffin to fire coach David Blatt recently — four days after a 34-point loss to the Warriors — despite the fact that his team was 30-11 at the time. The takeaway was that the Spurs don’t see much sense in getting sucked into the kind of overreaction game that so often plagues other teams.
The luxury of having five championship rings makes it easier to keep a steady head. But the consistency with which the Spurs spoke about this loss to the Warriors was impressive, their tone nowhere near as desperate as so many other Warriors foes who have had similar nights against them.
"They are unbelievable," Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said. "It’s not easy to get a 90% record in this league (currently a .911 winning percentage), and they have it. ... At this point, they are better than us. I’m not embarrassed to face it. They played much better. They wanted it more. They were playing at home. They were fired up, and we couldn’t get anything going.