<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-steve-kerr-dub-pat-spencer-that-motherfer-upset-over-cavs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Steve Kerr dubs Pat Spencer “that motherf***er” after leading Warriors upset over Cavs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Warriors-News-Steve-Kerr-dub-Pat-Spencer-after-leading-upset-over-Cavs.jpg"></figure><h1>Steve Kerr dubs Pat Spencer “that motherf***er” after leading Warriors upset over Cavs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-06T21:01:02-08:00">December 6th, 9:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-07T06:15:20-08:00">December 7th, 6:15am</time><address><a href="http://kenzofukuda.com">Kenzo Fukuda</a>Kenzo Fukuda (he/him) is a Japanese and Chinese American journalist and writer born and raised in San Francisco, CA. He is in his first season as the Golden State Warriors and Valkyries beat reporter after three seasons of covering Cal Bears basketball. Kenzo is also an avid filmmaker and holds extensive knowledge of basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It’s Pat Spencer’s world, and we’re all just living in it.</p><p>Coming off a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-vj-edgecombe-thwarts-pat-spencer-comeback">heartbreaking buzzer-beater loss in Philadelphia 48 hours earlier</a>, expectations were low for the Warriors against the star-studded Cleveland Cavaliers. With six players inactive due to injury, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-draymond-green-jimmy-butler-injury-status-updates-bulls-game">including Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler</a>, it seemed like the Dubs were saving their health for the Bulls in Chicago the following night, punting on the front end of the back-to-back.</p><p>But led by Spencer, the remaining ten healthy Warriors did not roll over. Golden State pulled off a miraculous 99-94 upset of the Cavs as Spencer finished with a team-high and a career-high 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting, adding in seven assists.</p><p>“We just competed our butts off tonight,” Spencer said post-game, gesturing to the Dubs’ rockus locker room vibes. “We’re trying to weather the storm until we get healthy, but yeah, we’re fired up in there.”</p><p>The defense bothered the Cavs’ offense all night long, holding them to 34.6 percent from the floor and 23.8 percent from beyond the arc. The offense continued where they left off in the failed 24-point comeback against the Sixers, moving the ball, running with pace, and playing together as a collective unit without an engine like Butler or Stephen Curry to rely on.</p><p>“We were on a string, we were connected,” Kerr said. He cited the Dubs’ transition defense holding Cleveland, one of the fastest teams in the league, to only eight fastbreak points. “Our guys really battled and just stayed with it. So it was really fun to see them pull that off.”</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Pat-Spencer.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2>Pat Spencer’s big moment against the Cavs</h2><p>It was a true strength-in-numbers performance for the star-less Dubs. Gui Santos chipped in with 14 points, three rebounds, and three assists. Quinten Post continued his steady stretch-five play with 12 points and nine boards in the trenches as the main defender on Evan Mobley. Buddy Hield found his shooting stroke, burying 14 points on 3-of-6 from beyond the arc.</p><p>But in the fourth quarter, with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/cleveland-cavaliers/cavs-news-cleveland-finds-right-mix-experience-youth-five-man-combo">Cavs and Donovan Mitchell</a> waking up, Spencer took over. He scored 12 of his 19 points down the stretch of the game, including two huge threes to keep Cleveland at bay. With Butler watching on the sidelines and Stephen Curry back in the Bay resting his quad contusion, Golden State ran everything through Spencer to generate the offense.</p><p>“It’s the pick-and-roll threat that he brings,” Kerr said. “Just takes care of the ball. One turnover in 30 minutes tonight, and seven assists. He just gets us into a really good offensive rhythm and gets guys shots. Just creates really good possessions. Even when we don’t score, the possessions feel good when he’s out there.”</p><p>But Spencer also brought the energy factor with him in the fourth.</p><p>Just like how he told all the Sixers fans, “I’m that motherf***er,” during his moment in Philly, Spencer was chirping with the Cavs fans. He flashed them the Johnny Manziel money hands after his big threes, and he waved them goodbye when he buried the game-clinching pair of free throws.</p><p>“I’m just gonna say it, Pat’s that motherf***er,” Gui Santos laughed after the game. “After every bucket, he always says something. He look at the bench, he look at the fans, he’s bumping chests and everything like that because he really loves the competition.”</p><h2>Pat Spencer’s journey with the Warriors to this point</h2><p>29-year-old Spencer is playing some of the best basketball of his life right now; a long and winding journey to this point. He was widely regarded as one of the best lacrosse players in collegiate history before putting the stick down to pick up a basketball and transition over to the hardwood.</p><p>In 2022, Spencer signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Warriors before later joining their Santa Cruz G-League affiliate. Since then, he’s bounced back and forth on a two-way contract, using the time to hone his skills and improve his game. But what he’s done this season has been a revelation. Kerr pointed to Spencer’s improvements to his jumpshot.</p><p>“He’s never going to be Steph [Curry], but he’s a threat out there. And that’s what it takes,” Kerr said, pointing to the spacing it creates for everyone else. “The shot quality now that we’re getting with him on the floor is way better than it was the last couple years.”</p><p>Spencer’s improved from 22.7 percent from the 3-point line last season to 39.1% this season so far, a feat years in the making.</p><p>“It’s been years,” Spencer said. “It’s not an overnight process. Couldn’t shoot the ball in college and the first couple of years out. Had some coaches I worked with and just put the hours in, man. I’m a believer that give me a couple years to figure something out, I’m going to figure it out.”</p><p>It’s a much-needed leap at a much-needed time for a Warriors team that’s been in some gloom and doom. But all the work Spencer’s put in, it also comes down to who <a href="https://x.com/anthonyVslater/status/1997508291254264176?s=20" rel="noopener">he is in his soul</a>.</p><p>“I think the other thing is that his coach realized that Pat is that motherf***er,” Kerr laughed.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Steve Kerr dubs Pat Spencer “that motherf***er” after leading Warriors upset over Cavs

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-vj-edgecombe-thwarts-pat-spencer-comeback');   ga('set', 'title', 'VJ Edgecombe thwarts Warriors’ Pat Spencer-led comeback attempt');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/VJ-Edgecomb-thwarts-Pat-Spencer-led-comeback-attempt.jpg"></figure><h1>VJ Edgecombe thwarts Warriors’ Pat Spencer-led comeback attempt</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-04T21:47:14-08:00">December 4th, 9:47pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-04T21:47:14-08:00">December 4th, 9:47pm</time><address><a href="http://kenzofukuda.com">Kenzo Fukuda</a>Kenzo Fukuda (he/him) is a Japanese and Chinese American journalist and writer born and raised in San Francisco, CA. He is in his first season as the Golden State Warriors and Valkyries beat reporter after three seasons of covering Cal Bears basketball. Kenzo is also an avid filmmaker and holds extensive knowledge of basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-quentin-grimes-praises-swiss-army-knife-warriors-stunner">Golden State Warriors were quite literally less than a second away</a> from completing a scrappy 24-point comeback on the road, without Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler and with Draymond Green having left with a right foot injury. The Dubs were nine-tenths of a second away from walking out of Philadelphia with a win led by two-way player Pat Spencer’s 12 fourth-quarter points and a game-high plus-17 plus/minus.</p><p>That is, until <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-vj-edgecombe-stuns-warriors-cold-game-winner">76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe soared</a> in from the corner to put-back Tyrese Maxey’s miss and hand Golden State a 99-98 loss. The loss marked the Warriors’ twelfth of the season, a heartbreaker given the fight of the Dubs’ reserves as the bench mob combined for 67 of the Warriors’ 98 points without some key starters. After the game, coach Steve Kerr was proud of his players’ fight despite falling short on the comeback.</p><p>“The effort tonight was phenomenal,” Kerr said. “Thought we really deserved to win. I feel terrible for the guys that we couldn’t hang on. Because of the effort, the energy, the commitment.”</p><p>It looked like another one of those Warriors games in which they were doomed to lose because of the lack of offensive creation without Curry or Butler. But Spencer came alive, building off his strong performance the previous game, sparking the Dubs’ offense with his pick-and-roll game.</p><p>“Pat got us into our offense and got downhill on pick and roll and distributed the ball,” Kerr explained. “Pat was just incredible out there and controlled the game.”</p><p>Spencer hit a huge 3-pointer to put Golden State up 98-94 with just over a minute left in the game. But the Warriors immediately gave up an and-one to Quentin Grimes and couldn’t get the ball inbounded properly on the subsequent possession, leading to their demise.</p><h2><b>Bad night for the Warriors’ “Second Timeline”</b></h2><p>For as inspiring as Spencer and the rest of the reserves’ comeback attempt was, the performances of Jonathan Kuminga and Brandin Podziemski weren’t exactly pretty. In 20 minutes apiece, Kuminga and Podziemski finished with a team low minus-18 and minus-20 plus/minus, respectively, and three turnovers each.</p><p>Neither player could find a rhythm offensively, as the Dubs’ pace looked stagnant and slow when they were on the court. And neither player was on the floor during the Warriors’ fourth-quarter comeback.</p><p>It was one of those nights that makes you question the ceiling of the Warriors’ past first-rounders. Those are the guys that the Dubs are counting on when Curry and Butler are out, whether it be due to injury or load management. That was the understanding entering this season – the Warriors’ success would hinge on how the young core could play when their older, aging stars were out.</p><p>But at 11-12 on the season, with Curry, Butler, and potentially Green out for at least the short-term, it’s hard to have faith in those former first-rounders to carry the torch in the long-term. Especially when it was as clear as day that Kerr’s decision to close the game without either of them was, unequivocally, the right basketball move.</p><p>Kerr downplayed his answer when a reporter asked about his decision not to close with Kuminga, Podziemski, or Moody. He cited it being the other guys’ night and the depth of the team. Regardless, it’s troubling that the second timeline couldn’t score in the absence of the core stars.</p><h2><b>The two-way contract conundrum with Pat Spencer</b></h2><p>Pat Spencer’s impressive night in Philly wasn’t surprising for anyone who’s been paying attention. While his 6-foot-2 build and traditional point guard game don’t exactly jump off the screen, he’s been an extremely solid backup ballhandler for Golden State whenever Kerr has called his number. He’s the kind of player who always plays with effort, IQ, and grit.</p><p>“He’s just about the right stuff,” Kerr raved about Spencer after the game. “Organizationally, you always just want to stand for something. You want to have an identity, and it’s got to be about competitive spirit and just playing together and competing. And that’s what was so beautiful about what that group did on the stretch.”</p><p>It also helps when it’s clear Spencer’s added to his offensive arsenal this season. The turnaround jumper in the lane and the 3-point shot were not in his repertoire last year.</p><p>But to keep Spencer and his competitive spirit may be tricky. As a two-way player, Spencer’s already used 23 of the maximum 50 games the Warriors are allowed to have him active for. Kerr expressed that they’ll likely have to pick and choose which games they keep him inactive, to preserve his limited games for when they need him, because the pathway to rostering him is murky.</p><p>With the maximum 15 players rostered and the Dubs up against the second apron, getting Spencer a roster spot would likely require sending out some kind of two-for-one deal, <a href="https://x.com/anthonyVslater/status/1996778378138181915?s=20" rel="noopener">which seems unlikely</a>.</p><p>“It’d be great to find a way to get him on the roster because he’s kind of the perfect guy to have as a backup,” Kerr expressed. “He can win you games like he almost did tonight, but if he doesn’t play, [he] brings the same energy, the same attitude, the next game.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

VJ Edgecombe thwarts Warriors’ Pat Spencer-led comeback attempt

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-pat-spencer-teams-stay-lottery-on-blast');   ga('set', 'title', 'Warriors’ Pat Spencer puts teams who ‘stay in the lottery’ on blast');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Warriors-Pat-Spencer-warms-up-during-the-2025-playoffs.jpg"><figcaption>Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>Warriors’ Pat Spencer puts teams who ‘stay in the lottery’ on blast</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-06T08:52:12-07:00">October 6th, 8:52am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-06T15:45:44-07:00">October 6th, 3:45pm</time><address><a>Rishabh Bhatnagar</a>Rishabh is a seasoned NBA and sports journalist and editor with over seven years of experience working for reputed organizations. A novelist first and foremost, he has written three fiction books. His high threshold of knowledge combined with his writing skills gives him the ability to write uniquely insightful pieces across basketball, soccer, cricket, lawn tennis, eSports, and a variety of other sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/klay-thompson-gets-brutally-honest-on-friction-with-warriors">Golden State Warriors have been perennial title contenders in the NBA</a> over the last decade, feeding off their core of Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, and formerly Klay Thompson. None of those players are particularly gifted when it comes to “length and athleticism.”</p><p>And yet, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-stephen-curry-draymond-green-send-warning-klay-thompson-happy-divorce">the Warriors have established a dynasty that has resulted in four NBA championships</a> since 2015, something Pat Spencer <a href="https://x.com/DannyEmerman/status/1975044739868295339" rel="noopener">believes is a result</a> of choosing IQ over everything else.</p><p>“If you’re a guy who can connect the dots but also do some other things, knock the 3-ball down, there’s always going to be a place for you in the league. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of organizations that are stuck in the bottom that continue to value length &amp; athleticism over IQ. And they tend to stay in the lottery every year,” Spencer said, per The San Francisco Standard’s Danny Emerman.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Pat Spencer with an early candidate for quote of the preseason: <a href="https://t.co/sHMUt4bdnN">pic.twitter.com/sHMUt4bdnN</a></p><p>— Danny Emerman (@DannyEmerman) <a href="https://twitter.com/DannyEmerman/status/1975044739868295339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The 29-year-old believes that some teams in the NBA, who find themselves consistently in the lottery region, habitually choose size and athleticism over basketball IQ. While it is unclear which teams he may be referring to, franchises such as the Detroit Pistons or the Orlando Magic do come to mind.</p><p>On the other hand, Steve Kerr has found consistent success with what can be described as a “small-ball lineup” that relies on basketball IQ. The likes of Green, Thompson and Curry are versatile players who can pass, shoot and read plays better than most, which undoubtedly played a major role in their title runs.</p><p>For the Pistons in particular, players such as Killian Hayes, Stanley Johnson, and Luke Kennard come to mind, with the latter even picked over Donovan Mitchell in 2017, another player who may lack size but more than makes up for it in other areas. Similar examples can be given for teams such as the Portland Trail Blazers and the Magic, who may as well have been in Spencer’s firing line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Warriors’ Pat Spencer puts teams who ‘stay in the lottery’ on blast

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-pat-spencer-jersey-no-61');   ga('set', 'title', 'Warriors’ Pat Spencer reveals why he wears jersey No. 61');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1514.jpeg"><figcaption>Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Warriors’ Pat Spencer reveals why he wears jersey No. 61</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-08T17:41:57-07:00">May 8th, 5:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-08T17:42:49-07:00">May 8th, 5:42pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David Yapkowitz is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>During the 2024-25 season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-pat-spencer-cut-from-hs-team-fill-role-stephen-curry">Pat Spencer has been a key reserve at times</a> for the Golden State Warriors as well as a fan favorite. He definitely endeared himself to the fanbase and his teammates when he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/warriors-news-draymond-green-pat-spencer-headbutts-alperen-sengun">got into a brief altercation during the Houston Rockets series</a>. During his time with the Warriors, Pat Spencer has worn jersey number 61, and he <a href="https://x.com/knbr/status/1920548597550260482?s=46" rel="noopener">elaborated on why</a> that is, as per KNBR.</p><p>Pat Spencer’s Warriors teammate Draymond Green said he doesn’t really look like an NBA player and his strange jersey number doesn’t help either. But that number holds special meaning to Spencer.</p><p>“Six and one is seven, I wore seven during my lacrosse run,” Spencer explained. “And then there’s 60 spots in the NBA Draft, 61 just signifies me making my own journey.”</p><p>And Spencer certainly has made his own journey in reaching the NBA. Although he played basketball in high school while attending the Boys’ Latin School of Maryland, he was equally good at lacrosse and that was how he got into college at Loyola University in Maryland.</p><p>Spencer played lacrosse at Loyala for four seasons and holds numerous accolades including winning the Tewaarton Award, the top honors bestowed upon college lacrosse players. He only played one season of college basketball, a graduate year at Northwestern that ended up being cut short due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>He played professionally in Germany for a brief period before retuning stateside and joining the G League. He played one season with the Capital City Go-Go in 2021-22, and then joined the Santa Cruz Warriors where he caught the eye of the Warriors organization.</p><p>Spencer first joined the Warriors during the 2023-24 season on a two-way contract. This season, he returned on a two-way contract, but had his contract converted to a standard deal back in March.</p><p>Spencer appeared in 39 games during the regular season, at a little over six minutes per game. He averaged 2.5 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists with splits of 40.6 percent shooting from the field, 22.7 percent shooting from the three-point line and 73.3 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>His brother Cam is also in the NBA with the Memphis Grizzlies.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Warriors’ Pat Spencer reveals why he wears jersey No. 61

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-pat-spencer-cut-from-hs-team-fill-role-stephen-curry');   ga('set', 'title', 'Warriors’ Pat Spencer cut from HS team, now set to fill role for Stephen Curry');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Pat-Spencer-with-Warriors.jpg"><figcaption>© Troy Taormina-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Warriors’ Pat Spencer cut from HS team, now set to fill role for Stephen Curry</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-08T11:21:00-07:00">May 8th, 11:21am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-08T11:52:10-07:00">May 8th, 11:52am</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>During the NBA playoffs, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/warriors-news-draymond-green-celebrates-unsung-game-1-hero">Pat Spencer emerged as an unsung hero for the Golden State Warriors</a>. However, the latter will continue his heroic efforts in Game 2 as he will fill Stephen Curry’s role.</p><p>He suffered a hamstring injury during Game 1 after taking a jump shot. Now, the former Northwestern guard will have the chance to lead the Warriors to a critical win.</p><p>For Spencer, though, this is a <a href="https://youtu.be/3h09MaDrZxE?t=1902" rel="noopener">journey that comes full circle</a>, as he explained on The Young Man and The Three Podcast.</p><p>“I was cut from every team,” Spencer said. “My original freshman year, I was cut from JV. I played, it’s called Fresh-Soph, literally Freshman and Sophomores that don’t make JV. Then, I realized I needed the extra year, so I decided to transfer to Boys Latin up in Baltimore. I had to sit out a whole year, and then I actually played JV my sophomore year, too.</p><p>“So technically, on paper, I would’ve been a Junior and got cut from the Varsity team as a Sophomore for that. Cut from Varsity hoops as well. I’ve been cut from just about every team, cut from all the club teams that I tried out for; it’s been quite a journey.”</p><h2><b>Pat Spencer is ready to lead the Warriors without Stephen Curry</b></h2><p>Replicating Curry’s production is something that not many in the NBA can do. It might be something that no one can do. However, that doesn’t stop Spencer from believing in himself.</p><p>Not to mention, other teammates believe in him as well. One of those is Draymond Green. Most notably, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-rockets-alperen-sengun-face-to-face-trayce-jackson-davis-pat-spencer">Green loved what Spencer did</a> during Game 5 of the Warriors and the Houston Rockets.</p><p>Houston center Alperen Sengun was getting into his face, and Spencer immediately headbutted him. Although the latter was ejected, Green loved it.</p><p>That attitude is what Golden State needs.</p><p>While Curry won’t be on the floor, Spencer will attempt to take the reins. He has the championship and playoff experience of guys like Green and Jimmy Butler.</p><p>However, Spencer has shown an ability to be a spark plug for the Warriors. The <a href="https://www.si.com/college/northwestern/alumni/former-northwestern-star-pat-spencer-among-nbas-elite-in-one-category" rel="noopener">efficiency is a major bonus</a>, especially from three. If he can connect on a few of those and set the offense up, that’s all that will be needed.</p><p>At the end of the day, no one can replace Curry. However, if Spencer gets closer to matching his impact, the Timberwolves might be in for another long game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
5.5	2.1	2.9	0.1	0.8

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
5.5	2.1	2.9	0.1	0.8

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