Witness History

As spring returns so too does the pressure of every NBA team. Some are clawing their way into the playoff picture, while others look to tank their remaining games in order to get the best possible odds for the number one pick in this years lottery. While all of this is going on, something else has been brewing in the sunshine state. A long forgotten franchise is doing things that have not been seen since Michael Jordan reigned supreme on the hardwood. The Golden State Warriors, have been far and away the best team for the entirety of the NBA season, and show no signs of slowing down as it winds to an end, and the playoffs get into high gear. With their current record if they win eight of their next nine games, they will have one of the top five records in the NBA…ever. Not this year, not in the last decade, but one of the best records of any team to play this game. They have done this on a system that should not work, yet somehow makes them even more unstoppable. They have remained the best defensive team in the league, by a statistically wide margin, bolstered by two defensive player of the year candidates in their rim protecting center, Andrew Bogut, and do-everything switch-onto-anyone forward, Draymond Green. This becomes even more ridiculous when you look at their offense. They play at the fastest pace of anyone in the league, yet manage to stifle any oppositions attempts to put the ball in their basket. That kind of physical play on both ends of the floor should not be possible, but here we are seeing it unfold right before our eyes. The sharp shooting splash brothers, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, make the offense go with creative dribbling, otherworldly passes, and lights out shooting. These two have have made more threes than some teams have combined. At this point if the Warriors do not steam roll through the crowded western conference and into the NBA playoffs, it will be seen as a major disappointment, and all around failure. No team has been this dominant in a long time, so it only makes sense that they continue on with their torrid pace.