The Golden State Warriors have played nearly perfect basketball all season, starting their title defense on a mission to silence all doubters. They were eating souls in December and January yet now, a few weeks before the playoffs, the Warriors are showing signs of faltering as they fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-117 in overtime.
Seventy-three wins, which looked like a the Warriors’ floor just a month ago, is now the ceiling–one that will require Golden State to play perfect ball over their final four games. The Warriors remain stuck at 69 victories, with alternating games left against the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies.