So, are these Dubs for real?
We might know the answer to that before we know who the next president of the United States will be.
The Warriors are playing excellent basketball this season and are 6-1 on the campaign. It’s no fluke—the Dubs are the second-best defensive team in the NBA, forcing 17 turnovers a game. Those stops have helped create transition offense opportunities that allow the team to play at a faster pace and put up more than 90 shots a game.
But before we all start putting holds on our calendars so we can watch Warriors basketball in May and June, it should be noted that the Dubs have played unquestionably the easiest schedule in the league so far.
All the credit in the world for taking advantage of the opportunity — that was anything but easy, considering Steph Curry just missed three games with a twisted ankle. That said, who have the Warriors beaten? Any good teams?
I haven’t seen one yet. Sorry, Houston.
That changes starting Wednesday, which starts a three-game road stretch against the NBA’s three best teams this season: the Celtics, the undefeated Cavs, and the team to beat in the West, the Thunder.
I won’t say that an NBA game in November is important. It’s far too early for that kind of talk.
So how about this: this troika, which starts with a national TV showdown between the Warriors and defending champions, will be… illuminating.
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Let’s focus on the first game of the three: The Celtics have carried the momentum of their title into the 2024-25 season, starting with a 7-1 record, albeit against a slate of opponents that’s arguably as unimpressive as the Warriors’.
But the Celtics have nothing to prove. On the other hand, the Warriors have everything to prove coming off a season where they were the last team to make the postseason in the Western Conference and were run off the court in the play-in tournament. And that was before an on-the-fly offseason makeover following Klay Thompson’s exit to Dallas.
We don’t yet know what the Dubs are.
A win on Wednesday, at the site where the Warriors won the 2022 NBA title, would tell us a whole lot.
Even playing the Celtics close would say something about …read more
Source:: The Mercury News – Entertainment
