There are many reasons why the series between the Kings and the Warriors is so compelling -- particularly for the defending champs.
is so compelling. The NBA masses are wondering if, in fact, the Warriors, after a 44-38 regular season, are finished now, rather than after another year or two.“I feel a totally different energy now that the regular season is over,” Green said this week. “Some of the issues we had in the regular season, they just don’t go away; you still have to correct them. But the focus level for the playoffs is totally different. The preparation is totally different. You lean into that a little more.
A few days after declaring themselves in playoff mode, the Warriors gave away a home game to a team attached to them in the conference standings. “I like where we are,” coach Steve Kerr told NBC Sports Bay Area this week. “We’re playing our best basketball. We’re getting as healthy as we’ve been all season. Wiggins is coming back
This is Kerr’s way of saying the league has not seen the Warriors they will see beginning Saturday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. The starting five will be back, perhaps as soon as Saturday but surely sometime during this series. The attitude during practice this week was, according to players and coaches, the proper blend of joy and concentration.That was something that came and went, without rhyme or rhythm, during the regular season.
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