Resilient Golden State Warriors: A Comeback Story in the Making

With the home defeat in double overtime suffered at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers on January 28th, the Golden State Warriors season seemed to be over. With a record of five games under 50% (19-24, never this bad all year) and a defeat against a direct competitor for a place in the play-in, the chances that Steph Curry, Draymond Green and companions would get their season back on track were slim to a minimum. And yet in the last month this is exactly what happened: in fact, from that knockout onwards Golden State won 10 of the next 12 games, forcefully taking back a spot in the play-in tournament and even beating teams like Philadelphia (twice), Indiana, Phoenix, Utah (twice) and the Lakers themselves along the way. With a record of 29-26 at the moment Golden State is still tenth in the West, but continuing at this rate there is the possibility of a much better placement from a playoff perspective — e Draymond Green he is convinced that once the Warriors arrive in the spring can still have their say for the title.

Green’s words and the numbers of the “new” Warriors

“I am 100% convinced that we are a contender for the title this season” he said on his Draymond Green Show. “I don’t see any team out there that we can’t beat. Obviously many things have to go right and turn in our favor: you have to have a bit of luck, it’s the nature of winning a title. But I don’t see any team in the NBA that we can’t beat on our way to the title. E mamawe still have that man“, referring to Steph Curry, who in the last 12 games is averaging almost 30 points with 50% from the field and 46.5% from three points on over 13 attempts per game. Will it really be like this? Golden State must recover 3.5 games from the Dallas Mavericks to grab sixth place which would mean direct playoffs without going through the play-in, but in the middle there are also Sacramento, Phoenix and the LA Lakers who want to have their say. The fact remains that, after having resisted the temptation to “dismantle” the team at the transfer deadlineGolden State seems to have found itself — so much so that it convinced Steve Kerr to renew for another two years until 2026. In the last 12 games, only Minnesota, Boston and Dallas have a better return per 100 possessions compared to the 2022 champions, who with the starting five formed by Curry, Podziemski, Wiggins, Kuminga and Green have an extraordinary performance of +28.1 per 100 possessions, allowing Chris Paul to calmly recover from the hand injury suffered in December. The dynasty of the great Golden State Warriors, in short, it may not be over yet.

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