Everything is on the line in a sibling rivalry – especially when it comes to a head on an NBA court.
Fans at Chase Center on Monday night caught a quick glimpse of that, as Warriors guard Pat Spencer started to post up against his younger brother, Memphis Grizzlies Guard Cam Spencer in the closing seconds of the Warriors’ 131-118 win.
Steph Curry, recognizing the sibling matchup unfolding, jumped off the bench and went wild.
Curry, who also has matched up against his brother, Seth, in an NBA game, understood what was at stake.
Grizzlies guards Ja Morant and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope also were cheering on the matchup on the other side.
Pat was unable to convert the turnaround jump shot in the closing seconds. One could only imagine the bench reaction if that shot fell.
It’s not the first time the Spencer brothers have faced off against each other in an NBA game. In the two teams’ four games against each other last season, both Pat and Cam only were on the court against one another in the Jan. 4 matchup, in which the Warriors won 121-113.
Although they guarded each other for the majority of their time on the court together, neither one attempted a shot while being guarded by the other in that game. Pat was the only one to score during that time, blowing by Scotty Pippen Jr. to convert a baseline jumper.
However, Cam ended up outscoring his older brother in that game, as the Grizzlies guard ended with 7 points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field.
There does not seem to be a clear edge in the sibling rivalry… yet.
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