OAKLAND, Calif. — If you didn't know better, you would've had a hard time telling which team was the defending NBA champion with 54 wins and which one was fighting for its playoff life simply based on Sunday’s Jazz-Warriors game.
Golden State’s players wore Warriors blue uniforms with gold and white trim and the game was held in Oracle Arena, but other than that, these Dubs bore very little resemblance to the star-studded champions of yore in a 110-91 drubbing by the Utah Jazz.
Stephen Curry (left MCL sprain), Kevin Durant (right rib soreness), Draymond Green (flu-like symptoms) and Klay Thompson (fractured right thumb) are still on the roster; they just didn't play in this one.