INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The Warriors’ first bid to make the 2026 NBA playoffs will come against the same team they finished the regular season against. After losing to the LA Clippers 115-110 Sunday night at Intuit Dome, the two teams will play each other at the same arena three days later on Wednesday night as the 9/10 game in the NBA play-in tournament. The first good news coming out of a loss that ended the Warriors’ regular season with a 37-45 record is getting to stay in one place instead of immediately hopping on a plane. With a 122-100 win over the Sacramento Kings, the Portland Trail Blazers officially secured their spot as the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference and will play the No. 7 seed Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night in the desert. “We might have to go to Portland anyways, but it’s better than going from LA to Portland and back to here,” Brandin Podziemski said. First, the Warriors must take care of business against the Clippers before even thinking about the Blazers or the Suns. And it will be a much different version of the Clippers than the one the Warriors saw Sunday night. While the Warriors rested Draymond...