Remember in high school, when the playoffs would start, and you would notice a string of kids at the end of the bench-- seeming out place with oversized jerseys on.
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What a week it was around the association. The Knicks showed us how they knick-- the Giannis Harden beef intensified, and the Warriors finished the week with a winning record.
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It was a Thursday night game in early March featuring an Eastern Conference team on the fringe of title contention and a Western Conference team sitting at 14-48, comfortably the worst record in the NBA.
But Stephen Curry made his return from injury. So naturally it was one of the highest-rated NBA games of the year.
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All eyes were tuned into Thursday night’s TNT primetime matchup at Chase Center. Not because it was a rematch of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors. Viewers were tuned in for one reason and one reason only: Stephen Curry, number 30, the two-time MVP and three-time NBA champion, was back in action.
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The lottery-bound Golden State Warriors’ playoff aspirations were effectively dashed just four games into the season when Phoenix Suns center Aron Baynes landed on and broke Stephen Curry’s hand.
The Warriors -- who already entered the season shorthanded as Klay Thompson recovers from an ACL tear suffered during last year’s NBA Finals -- could not afford to miss Curry for an extended period of time in the aftermath of Kevin Durant’s departure, Andre Iguodala’s trade, and Shaun Livingston’s retirement.
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Every year, as the playoffs began, my high school coach used to tell us that our house was on fire. And if we wanted to put the fire out, every player needs to carry their own water. Now each person’s bucket was different. Some of the girls moved up from junior varsity's buckets were smaller while our leading scorer’s bucket was massive. Our defensive stopper’s bucket was almost as big as leading scorers’. And if one person didn’t carry their bucket, our house (season) would burn down.
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