The Rockets Will Show Us What Kind of Team These Warriors Really Are

While I don't hate the Warriors, though, I can't say I have any special affinity for them like I once did, or really, feel much one way or the other about them. Whenever things go well anywhere in the NBA, we eventually have to ask how it impacts the Warriors, measures up to them, or what it means means for Golden State's season. At their best, the Warriors play some of the most dominant and inventive basketball we've ever seen, and even their most hardened critics have to—however grudgingly—acknowledge their brilliance.