Warriors overcome 24-point deficit, still lose

Things could not have started worse for the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday against the Denver Nuggets. Absent Draymond Green, who joined Jordan Poole and Damion Lee on the health and safety protocols, the Dubs looked as though they had just been introduced to the sport of basketball as they fell behind 10-0.

But we’ve seen that before. We’ve come to expect the bounce back. I made a note of the early deficit so it could be a fun anecdote in the recap, long after the Warriors had overcome it and I’d forgotten about it.

Except the Warriors only dug deeper into their quest to play basketball about as well as I parallel park. The first quarter was nothing short of awful, with the Dubs mustering…