Warriors find rhythm on road trip with NBA playoffs top seed in reach originally appeared on nbcsportsbayarea.com MINNEAPOLIS - One day after the Warriors lost by more than 30 points to the Boston Celtics in March, Draymond Green stressed that his team needed to attain three goals during the final stretch of the season: Better execution, improved defense and homecourt advantage throughout the NBA playoffs. Weeks later, following another embarrassing home loss to the Phoenix Suns, the defending champs seemed to fall short of all three ahead of a strenuous four-game road trip featuring three playoff teams.