For Warriors, lopsided loss a ‘wake-up call’: With the Warriors down big midway through the fourth quarter Tuesday night, fans began filing for the Oracle Arena exits. It was a new sight for Steve Kerr. Of his four other regular-season home losses as Golden State’s head coach, only one — a 113-100 loss to the Spurs on Nov. 11, 2014 — was by double digits. -- San Francisco Chronicle

Warriors’ top task: Plug the middle: Hours before the Warriors’ season opened with a thud Tuesday night, social media was abuzz for a far more lighthearted reason: Bleacher Report’s latest “Game of Zones” parody video, a cartoon musical mocking Golden State’s new “villain” label, was a viral sensation. The highlight belonged to Zaza Pachulia, who was portrayed as a dimwitted brute who brought his teammates the heads of all the NBA’s other All-Stars. The Warriors’ new starting center, who did a voice-over for the video and saw a sneak peek last month, was pleased with the final product. -- San Francisco Chronicle

Rebooted Warriors in trial-and-error phase: Though there is no reason whatsoever for panic, and only moderate cause for alarm, it’s entirely reasonable after one very public beating to downsize expectations for the Warriors. Assuming, that is, those expectations were 70-plus wins, homecourt advantage throughout the postseason and a sweep in the NBA Finals. The Warriors are not a perfect team, not even close, certainly not now, and on opening night the Spurs were smart enough and good enough to seize upon their flaws. -- CSN Bay Area

Five non-hysterical grand conclusions from the Warriors’ opening-night clunker: They’re 0-1. How’s that again? Maybe we should’ve all seen last night coming–you never know with openers, the Warriors have gone through a lot of changes, and Steve Kerr kept warning everybody that the first part of this season would be “experimental” more than dominant. -- Bay Area News Group

Breaking down the Warriors rebounding issues against San Antonio: Giving up about an inch in height and 15 pounds in weight, Kevin Durant held back Pau Gasol with a forceful forearm, cleared an open pocket in the paint, flipped around while keeping Gasol on his back and then rose to snag the ricochet of a Tony Parker 20-foot brick. It was a textbook box-out and defensive rebound, the third of Durant’s five in the season’s first seven minutes. Draymond Green had two. Stephen Curry had one. Despite some missed layups and sloppy play, the Warriors led 16-12 at the 4:20 mark of the first quarter, in part, because they rebounded all of the Spurs first eight misses, finishing out their defensive stops. -- Bay Area News Group