The Warriors finally had the kind of night everyone envisioned when Stephen Curry returned from his eleven-game hiatus.
Facing a young and inexperienced Atlanta Hawks team that is ranked 19th in defensive rating (110.3 points allowed per 100 possessions), the Warriors were presented with the opportunity of playing their brand of basketball and putting a stop to a six-game losing streak on the road.
There was plenty of motivation provided for the Warriors coming into their game in Atlanta. After losing six in a row away from the confines of Oracle Arena, they couldn’t afford to lose a seventh straight road game against a team that they could handily beat, given that they stayed focused and approached the game in a serious manner.