Let’s start at the top: The Warriors can recover. It won’t be easy, but it’s definitely possible.
I know because I’ve been in Golden State’s shoes.
In October of 2015, our Memphis team was coming off a 55-win season. Like Golden State, we had a lot of veterans, had made a long playoff run the year before, and came into the year a little lethargic.
OK, a lot lethargic: On opening night we lost at home to Cleveland by 30. Five days later, we went to Golden State and lost by 50. Yes, fiddy. Five-0. Cincuenta.
Golden State’s and Memphis’s paths weren’t totally parallel — we had managed to squeeze out two wins in between the two blowout losses — but the Warriors also didn’t take home a minus-80 from their two defeats.
That story sounds familiar to Golden State fans right now, because the Warriors’ first two games featured third-quarter deficits of 31 and 41 points before some late cosmetic scoring reduced their season…
