With less than a month left in the NBA’s regular season, the Western Conference playoff picture is becoming clearer, but it’s quite crowded.
Warriors beat writer Mark Medina and sports columnist Dieter Kurtenbach break down the potential matchups Golden State will face on their quest for a fifth consecutive NBA Finals berth.
James Harden, Chris Paul and the Houston Rockets have provided the stiffest challenge for Golden State so far in the 2018-19 season, and they proved they could push the Warriors in last year’s Western Conference Finals.
Denver is pushing the Warriors for the top seed in the conference, but the Nuggets have not come close to matching Golden State in either of the teams’ last two on-court meetings.