Normally, I’d begin the next chapter of this series with adulation about the back-to-back champion Golden State Warriors’ secret power of weaponized joy.
But, it appears that joy has been stripped away from the team momentarily through a combination of injuries, squabbling, and Harrison Barnes’ lockdown defense.
Check out the official rundown of how crappy the Texas road trip was from the official Warriors PR team:
Ugh. But how did we get here?
Steph Curry was playing at his usual Unanimous MVP-level before a groin injury against the Milwaukee Bucks yanked him out of the lineup.