Five observations from the Warriors' 141-102 win over the Spurs - The Athletic

Here are five observations from the Warriors’ 141-102 win over the Spurs in Oracle Arena on Wednesday night, overshadowed by a press conference.

1. KD’s … notable presser

The Warriors just sprayed around 42 assists, scored 49 points in the third quarter, pummeled the Spurs by 39 and moved to 13-1 in their last 14 games. But there won’t be a media soul in the next 48 hours talking about the powerful state of this flexing dynasty.

They’ll be discussing the brief 3-minute, 50-second Kevin Durant press conference that happened a half-hour afterward. This boiling point was unavoidable. The perfect ingredients have been brewing for years.

It starts with the media’s constant coverage of the league’s drama and transactions, not its hoops product, a reality created by consumers’ demands. The lifeblood of the league’s exploding revenue stream is the attention paid to free agency and rumors and trades and...

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