These past couple of days have been perhaps one of the toughest periods for Warriors fans to swallow during their five-year dynastic run. The Warriors endured a beating of epic proportions from the Boston Celtics, who gave them their worst defeat at Oracle Arena during the Steve Kerr era. It was a loss where the Warriors seemed lethargic out of the gate, going through the motions like office employees who couldn’t wait to clock out at 5 pm sharp.
To make matters somewhat worse, Kevin Durant seemed to contradict his head coach’s assertion that the team needed to play with more passion and anger — basically sending a message to his squad that they needed to play games like they genuinely wanted to win them.