Warriors’ tough seven-game homestand set to define resurgent season

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Warriors’ tough seven-game homestand set to define resurgent season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

With more than four and a half minutes left in the first quarter, the Warriors found themselves down by 22 points against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night at Barclays Center. They didn’t fret an ounce of fear, winning 121-119, outscoring Brooklyn 116-92 from that point on.

“The one thing that impressed me most is we were down 27-5 and I looked over and nobody blinked,” Draymond Green said to reporters at Barclays Center. “Everybody was just like, ‘All right, here we go. Let’s figure it out.’ And we did that.”

The Warriors enjoyed a comeback win in New York for the second time in three nights. They trailed by 10 points only to beat the Knicks by 12 on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. Their start against the Nets was about as bad as it gets. Their response was the punch of a champion with a 40-25 second quarter.

It capped off a 4-1 road trip. All four wins were with Jimmy Butler on the floor, as was the Warriors’ only loss.

To get those four wins, the Warriors also needed 56 points from Steph Curry to beat the Orlando Magic after once being behind by 17 points. While they never trailed against the Charlotte Hornets, they didn’t pull away until the fourth quarter. The win over a Knicks team without Karl-Anthony Towns was one of the Warriors’ better complete performances all season.

Curry and Butler showed why they’re such a feared duo to end the road trip, even if it was only against the Nets.

But that win over the Knicks was the lone one against a playoff team. Returning to San Francisco, the Warriors are the Western Conference’s No. 6 seed and could be facing a season-defining seven-game homestand starting Saturday.

“Well, it’s a quick turnaround,” Steve Kerr said. “We’re spending the night, flying home tomorrow and then playing a 5:30 [p.m. PT] game on Saturday. Really difficult schedule playing against a really hot team in Detroit.

“I imagine that will be a very tough game. I hope we can respond quickly coming off a long flight and a long trip, but all in all I’m…

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Publish date : 2025-03-07 06:52:00

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