Sharper than they've been in weeks, the Golden State Warriors appear ready to complete a historically successful regular season.
After slipping Friday against the Boston Celtics, the Dubs refocused to steamroll the Portland Trail Blazers by a final of 136-111 Sunday. And now, Golden State must win four of its final five games to reach a record 73 wins.
What matters more than the math is the way the Warriors played against Portland. They found their urgency, located their focus. Before the game, head coach Steve Kerr explained his team's plight to reporters: "Sometimes when you get a little bit tired but you’re still able to win, which we’ve been doing, you kind of lose your fundamentals, your edge. And I think we had lost our edge a little bit."
Kerr was right, of course. And the lack of peak intensity has been an issue for Golden State over the past few months. The Warriors are great, and they know it. Bailed out so often by Stephen Curry's one-man scoring assaults, they've come to rely on talent (the MVP's, in particular) to their detriment. This is an understandable phenomenon; it's hard to ...
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