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The Big 3 is back; Wizards get crushed

Curry, Thompson, and Green brought back championship flair in a dominating home win. This is only the beginning.

Daniel Hardee
Mar 15, 2022
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Well well well. After smacking the Washington Wizards 126-112 in San Francisco, the Golden State Warriors are undefeated when Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green are all on the floor healthy this season. Did you see anything that bodes well for the future, Dub Nation?

Curry turned 34 last night. They told me he was going through an age related decline.

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That's 47 points for Steph Curry on his 34th birthday. Went 16-of-25 shooting, 7-of-14 from 3 and 8-of-8 from the line. Warriors beat the Wizards for a fourth straight win.
4:16 AM ∙ Mar 15, 2022
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birthday buckets 💦 📺 @NBCSAuthentic
3:01 AM ∙ Mar 15, 2022
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Thompson had his fourth straight game scoring 18+ PPG, scoring 20 against the Wizards. His defense is looking familiarly strong, and it’s clear he believes this team has championship DNA. They told me not to expect him to be All-Star caliber after two major leg injuries.

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Klay is confident that he, Steph and Draymond can win another championship: "Us three know what it takes."
6:11 AM ∙ Mar 15, 2022
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Steph Curry, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson play basketball today. Fun Fact: the Warriors have NEVER lost a playoff series when those 3 start every game (16-0).
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2:49 PM ∙ Mar 14, 2022
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And of course there’s Green, making his return after a two month absence to a standing ovation from Dub Nation in Chase Center.

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Wow!! Thank you DubNation!
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.@Money23Green is BACK! 😤👏 https://t.co/sqpZukOV4W
10:16 AM ∙ Mar 15, 2022
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Steph, Klay, and Draymond share a moment after the game 😢
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1,004 days between games with each other. Injuries robbed these three future Hall-of-Famers from continuing their NBA Finals streak, but five in a row ain’t bad. This season they’ve reformed like Voltron, with a new All-Star Andrew Wiggins eager to join them. They also have fresh legs on the team with their youth movement of Jordan Poole, Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody, and James Wiseman.

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if the Warriors win the NBA title.. Kuminga (age 19), Moody (age 19) and Wiseman (age 20) would *all* become one of the 10 youngest NBA champions in league history. Kuminga would be the 2nd youngest champion in NBA history.. Moody would become the 4th youngest NBA champion.
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This is a fantastic situation for the Big 3 to find themselves in right now. They’re tied for the second best record in the NBA, battling for the second seed in the West. The playoffs are 23 games away, giving this team sometime to figure out how to galvanize the new pieces around a proven core of stars.

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Draymond Green on finally getting to play with Steph and Klay again: "I was looking forward to this day for a long time a couple months ago...we built this thing, and with Andre who got here my second year, we built this thing from ground zero..."
6:01 PM ∙ Mar 14, 2022
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We back @KlayThompson @Money23Green @StephenCurry30
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So…with all that in mind, I’m interested to hear if you feel the Golden State Warriors did a good job rebuilding after Kevin Durant departed. DO TELL.

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Tookie007
Mar 16, 2022

Looking back at the 2020 Draft class and knowing what we know now about those players, would y’all take any of the other lottery picks over Wiseman?

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Goldarn Staid Worrier
Mar 16, 2022

I’m really curious about why returning players need to play to get in game shape - seemingly most of them at the start of the season. It often takes 10-15 games for players to get passed the ‘gassed quickly’ phase. The really disciplined players (like GP2 it seems) who prepare themselves and are in ‘game shape’ early can do well at the start of the season.

Check out this article by an Olympic distance skater (multiple gold medalist and world record setter) about what it takes to be in insane aerobic shape. I’d love for the Dubs to see this.

https://www.howtoskate.se/_files/ugd/e11bfe_b783631375f543248e271f440bcd45c5.pdf

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