After a third consecutive NBA play-in tournament appearance ended in elimination on Friday night, what went wrong for the Warriors?Following Golden State’s 111-96 loss to the Phoenix Suns, coach Steve Kerr pinpointed the moment this season that the Warriors went from hopeful NBA title contenders to fighting just to clinch the Western Conference’s No. 10 seed.“I felt like we didn’t find it early in the season; we were blowing some games that we should have closed out, and I could have done a better job,” Kerr told reporters at Mortgage Matchup Center. “But when Jimmy [Butler] got hurt, it felt like we were finding it. And so I think that injury just derailed us.“When you look at the rest of the West, you look at the league, teams are loaded. There’s so much talent and so much skill, and to lose one of the best players in the in the game in Jimmy, it can’t do anything but take you off course.”The Warriors entered the 2025-26 NBA season eager to enjoy a full season of Butler after acquiring the forward before the trade deadline in February 2025. After a slow start this season, Golden State began to click and put...