Fatigued Golden State Warriors Get Much Needed Rest, Homestand

In three of their wins, specifically the two games against the Los Angeles Clippers and a game against the Brooklyn Nets, the Warriors needed two late fourth-quarter double-digit rallies and overtime to keep their historic streak alive. “As long as we stay locked in and continue to be who we are and play as a team and continue to play with each other, I think the sky is the limit”.

After returning home from a grueling two-week road trip that started with six straight wins to extend their record start to the season to 24-0 before finally losing in Milwaukee on Saturday, the Warriors have a chance to catch their breath. Both FiveThirtyEight and numberFire now project the Bucks’ odds of making the playoffs at 5-6%, a product largely driven by their notably poor point differential (-6.0 points/100, which is more consistent with an 8-17 team), hard schedule and the strong performances of the teams ahead of them now. The Warriors will face the Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks, Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers and Sacramento Kings, starting on Wednesday night against Phoenix. “At a certain point it kind of became about just winning the game….” “Golden State came into the BMO Harris Bradley Center looking to continue a 24 game winning streak to begin the 2015-16 season”.

The team is giving away the ball used in Saturday’s game that brought the Golden State Warriors’ undefeated streak to an end.

While Golden State’s streak reached 28 regular-season games, dating to last season, it fell five games short of the record set by the Lakers in 1971-72. “What we’re trying to do is be an National Basketball Association championship team, and that requires a lot of work and getting back to the fundamentals and basics of the game”.