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E1P up, but let’s keep comments consolidated here

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Warriors - Celtics deux, I’m calling it. Was hit by an irrational confidence tonight (Friday). A feeling that Cavs may not meet the playoff moment. If I’m jinxing our boys, will show myself out….

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One thing I appreciate about the 2-5 dogfight in the Western Conference standings, they will be just as focused on securing every win as the Warriors and won’t have any greater ability to rest or begin game planning for the playoffs. They’ll need their entire focus on the here and now or risk freefall in the standings and homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs l.

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Also keeps the dubs focused on stacking wins

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12-4 gets the Dubs to 50 wins and a .610 winning %. Seems not only doable but necessary.

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12-4 over our last 16 games would put us at 25-6 overall since the Butler trade. That would be an ~80% win percentage over a not insignificant period of time. We finish the regular season like that and you basically have to consider the Dubs a title contender at that point.

Sadly, we would need the #2-#5 seeds to go 8-8 over that same stretch just to have a chance to catch any of them. Shows how much of an uphill battle it will be to move up past the 6 seed.

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16-0

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32-0*

Amended

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130-0

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Would have to be 132-0, NBA Cup

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Best case scenario for us 3/6 matchup against Houston. I think we’d win in 5.

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I’d also be satisfied with a Grizzlies matchup. Our bigs (Post/Looney) do well against driving guards so they won’t get played off the floor giving us some tactical flexibility.

I’d bet on Curry to outplay Ja in a series any day of the weak, especially when we can throw GP2 at Ja to slow him down and Bane has historically played poorly against us since our players have lots of experience defending against his type of player.

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JJJ would be difficult though.

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I guess I’m not too worried since it’s not a Jokic/Embiid situation where Dray is physically overwhelmed. I trust Dray to handle him defensively.

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i am Ok if we end up getting the 7th seed - good chance we will get to meet memphis -thats a loser org that will never go very far!

check this crap from their broadcasters!

https://www.reddit.com/r/warriors/comments/1jbjez5/the_memphis_tv_announcers_make_me_want_to_root/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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Not I. I do NOT want to fall into the play-ins. The 6th seed will do nicely, please and thank you.

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Yes. A week of rest is most important

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Eric, that may have been my favorite post-credits scene of all time

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Suns beat the Kings 122-106. Phoenix hit 24 threes against Sacramento.

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Knicks shot 55% (22/40) on threes; Warriors shot 56.4% (22/39) on threes; and Suns shot 55.8% (24/43) on threes against the Kings. Sacramento's strategy is to clog up the paint to make up for their lack of rim protection. However, that is allowing opposing teams to get wide-open looks on threes.

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Warriors hit 22 threes against the Kings last night. The Suns have hit 20 threes against the Kings tonight. Kings defense is allowing the opposing teams to go open season on them beyond the arc.

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That was a fantastic fourth quarter to watch, lots of fight from both teams.

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Nuggets were in the fight of their lives - they couldn’t lose to Bronny James and the Pussycats.

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Really cool how as the playoffs approach, the level of play basically becomes the playoffs.

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Nugz win!

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Westbrook steals the inbound and gets the fastbreak dunk! Nuggets beat the Lakers 131-126.

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Lakers up 126-123 with 52 seconds left.

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i am beginning to feel much better about the Dubs when I see these other teams play - no defense only offense!

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Im telling you, Dubs are gonna dominate the playoffs. They’re not scared of any team.

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Nuggets up 129-126 with 5 seconds left.

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Part of me feels like changing my handle to "the nice refreshing taste of draymond"

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Nuggets up 102-99. C'mon, Denver. You're better than this.

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Westbrook just giving away possessions with poor shooting and turnovers

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Sources: NBA reviewing Thunder sitting 5 starters vs. Blazers: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44256686/nba-reviewing-thunder-sitting-5-starters-vs-blazers

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That's ridiculous. Thunder will soon clinch top record in the West, were playing at home, and Blazers are currently out of the play-in bracket. On top of that, obviously, the Thunder had plenty of firepower to still beat the Blazers. As well as they've played this year, they should be able to determine who plays and who sits.

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Also a home game, so none of that depriving the road crowd of their only chance to see their favorite star blah blah blah

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TK article on JK's return, mostly positive stuff

https://sfstandard.com/2025/03/14/warriors-jonathan-kuminga-return-from-injury/

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