Derrick Favors didn’t want to look at Friday night’s home opener against Golden State as anything other than just another game. But, deep within, he knew better. He, along with everybody else at Vivint Arena and on planet Earth, knew the Warriors are the defending champs, the outfit by which every team measures itself.
“We’re just trying to get better,” he said. “They are a much more accomplished team than we are. But we’re not worrying about anything but ourselves. It’s a long season. We can beat them and still not win a championship, or lose to them and be right there at the end.