They’re the heavy favorites and should be the heavy favorites, though this was the exact spot the Warriors were in a year ago… and that didn’t work out so well for the 2016 favorites at the end of the long playoff slog.
Now we we know: The Warriors’ postseason starts on Sunday at 12:30 at Oracle vs. Portland–the Warriors’ first time as the featured team in the prime opening Sunday slot, FYI.
Here was a key point by Stephen Curry after the Warriors’ regular-season finale: “We’re chasing something. We’re not protecting anything this year.”
Very interesting.