The Golden State Warriors continue to roll like thunder in one of the most competitive Western Conferences we’ve seen in years.
Steve Kerr is off to the best start by any first year head coach in NBA history, and the question remains for the red-hot Warriors. Will they lose another home game this season? Heck, will they even lose another ball game?
The Warriors have won their last 15 home games, and their last eight overall by double digits. They’re 17-1 at home in the Oracle Arena, where the raucous crowd has helped guide them to a virtually impeccable homestand thus far.
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On Wednesday, Golden State defeated the short-handed Heat by 15 points at home. Miami was missing one of their best players and superstars in Dwyane Wade, who I argue has been their most valuable player because of his ability to score freakishly efficiently for a guard, and for his superb facilitation skills. Nonetheless, the Warriors continued to do what they have been doing to below .500 teams all season – run them out of Oracle Arena.
Steph Curry was Steph Curry, tacking on a game-high 32 points on 11-of-19 shooting in just 32 minutes. The eye-popping and most promising analytic that can be extracted from Wednesday night’s blowout was the bench’s 41 points of contribution, displaying the incredible depth of this team, which has endured throughout the season.
Kerr’s offensive implementation must not go unnoticed, for it’s the chief reason to the Warriors’ shining success. Each player who stepped on the floor against Miami recorded at least one assist, exhibiting Golden State’s offensive game in a nutshell. The ball has bounced around on the offensive end beautifully, something Coach Steve Kerr implored the Warriors to execute incessantly during the off-seasion.
We’ve seen how the Warriors handle competition that lies beneath them; they do what the dominant teams have done throughout NBA history. It’s going to be immensely intriguing to discern how the Warriors respond against two of the Western Conference’s finest, the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets, both back-to-back games on the road. In the last match-up against the Thunder, the Warriors impressively got off to a fast start, and the Thunder were never able to climb back in the game, but playing in the Chesapeake Energy Arena is always a daunting task.
The Houston Rockets have been victorious in seven of their last ten match-ups, and they are 14-6 at home in the Toyota Center.
Golden State will certainly be challenged as much as they’ve been all season with these back-to-back games awaiting them. They will have played four games in the past five days after the Rockets match-up on Saturday night, creating an even more difficult task for Kerr’s troops.
Moreover, there’s no reason to believe the Warriors will not take care of business.