By God, they did it. The Warriors won an actual road game (we will not lower ourselves to celebrate a win over the hapless Houston Rockets) . In overcoming their three greatest foes–their opponent, an especially impressive referee crew, and themselves–the Warriors claimed their most important victory of the final stretch of the season.
This was not a typical Warriors win, and not just by the fact of occurring away from San Francisco. For one, the Warriors we’ve become accustomed to of late enjoy starting games off at a major deficit. The Warriors that faced the Mavs on Wednesday night, however, were not so inclined to submit to said nature.