The warriors play, speak and feel again like champions

The whole Warriors dynasty could have been dead for a long time – more on nostalgia, cute cameos, statues construction announcements and affectionate farewells than to grind an absurd calendar at the end of the season and set up the classification of the Western conference.

This probably should have been finished. There was too much burden on the shoulders of Stephen Curry and Draymond Green at this stage of their life and their career. There was not enough help from young players. Perhaps, as a dreary epilogue, they could get one or two appearance of play out and quickly brush a time or two. And then go.

Four championships, six trips to the final, an excellent race while it lasted, Rip Warriors Dynasty. Try again in the 2030s.

But wait. Why were Curry, Green and Jimmy Butler so fiercely determined to play – and beat – the Nuggets Friday evening at the Chase Center in the back of a ridiculous back? Why did all the warriors seem so committed, so concentrated and so hard? Why did it look like-yes, I would say-a late eliminatory match throughout the victory of the Warriors 118-104 to the Chase Center, to bring them to 46-31, retaining the fifth seeded in the West, with a solid chance of winning the advantage at home during the first round of the qualifiers?

Something is happening here. In fact, this has happened for a few months, launched by the franchise trade for Butler. From there he did not drop, not really for a second. It has in fact become more powerful with the playoffs. And Chase is absolutely part of this moment.

“Our fans can feel what’s going on now,” said Steve Kerr.

Everyone can feel it, from the post-match of the owner Joe Lacob “What a great job!” Bellow in the corridors a few weeks ago at Brandin Podziemski, Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody and Quentin fulfilling the essential roles, in the palpable sense of satisfaction among all the players exhausted in the locker rooms of the Warriors on Friday, to bark substitution suggestions (or more than suggestions) to Kerr Tardif in the game.

The Warriors are feeling it right now – winning Memphis on Tuesday, beating the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday to finish an exhausting road trip of six games, then turning and beating Denver on Friday at home. I do not remember a more difficult logistics section in the last 25 years of Warriors basketball. I am not the only one to have written them for a loss or two. But instead of appearing exhausted and distracted, the Warriors have strengthened through these games.

And when the Warriors start to feel it in April … Well, the rest of the league should start wondering when and how they can be stopped.

“It just confirms who we thought we were,” Draymond said on Friday. Of course, Draymond started this by predicting a Warriors championship race in February, but it was probably a question of trying to speak something. There is much more evidence now-this kind of proof of the Can-West team.

“We said from the moment we got Jimmy (Butler) The sky is the limit of this team,” said Draymond. “These matches are counting; we talked about it yesterday, simply getting these young guys for these significant minutes of play. They play very well. BP was again incredible tonight. Everyone out of the bench, QP was good in his minutes, JK was really good in his minutes. … I think it proves who we thought.”