NBA Update: Warriors On Their Loss Against Spurs: “It’s A Slap In The Face!”

Last Tuesday night, a super team was at Oracle Arena and it's not what you're thinking. It's not the Golden State Warriors but the San Antonio Spurs.

Spurs dominated in the season opener with 129-100 at Oracle Arena. The unexpected result definitely sparked a three-day online debate.

Even the Spurs themselves were in disbelief at the strangeness of Tuesday night inside the arena, NBA reports.

"It was weird," Tony Parker said.

What's much anticipated by basketball fans is the next test for Warriors which will be on New Orleans on Friday, with road games at Phoenix and Portland from there and a secure-the-roof matchup against Durant's old Oklahoma City Thunder team at Oracle Arena on November 3.

According to USA Today, "the Warrior's first regular season loss comes 47 days earlier than it did during the 24-0 start in their historic 73-9 season in 2015-16." They also did not lose a home game until April 1, making them 36-1 at home.

"It'll be nice to wake up in the morning, watch film, and figure out exactly what went wrong, where the breakdowns were," back-to-back MVP Stephen Curry said afterward. "It's a nice little slap in the face. The first game, you want to come out and protect your home court with the energy of the home opener to live throughout the game. And we didn't do anything to let that happen."

As for the individual members of the Warriors stars, they did just fine. Durant had a team-high 27 points (11-of-18 shooting) and 10 rebounds, Curry had 26 (9-of-18 shooting, 3-of-10 from 3-point range) to go with four assists, and Green chipped in 18 points and 12 rebounds. Aside from Thompson's struggles (11 points on 5-of-13 shooting), the most surprising stats were these: Golden State was beaten 24 to 20 in fast-break points, and destroyed on the boards 55-35.

"We have to get better from this, learn from this and Game Two against the Pelicans down at their place," Durant added. "It's a slap in the face. It woke us up a bit and we're looking forward to getting better."