Through the gauntlet, Warriors will have to capitalize against woebegone Rockets

A softer schedule will test an inconsistent Golden State team that needs wins for playoff chase

Well, that wasn’t very fun.

Spanning the All-Star break, the Golden State Warriors just completed what is almost certainly the toughest six-game stretch of their schedule. An absolute wringer of a gauntlet, the Warriors only managed to extract one win from the Western Conference Playoff elites. The harshest truth to emerge may well be the unpleasant rea…