The Warriors had a much bigger number in the loss column this season than former assistant Luke Walton is used to seeing.
Golden State lost 37 combined regular-season and playoff games when Walton, now the Kings' head coach, was on Steve Kerr's staff from 2014 through 2016. The Warriors lost 50 this season, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2012 as Klay Thompson rehabbed his torn ACL and Steph Curry missed all but five games with a broken hand.
Walton doesn't envision a repeat during the 2020-21 season, whenever it begins.
“I think having this unforced year off for them was probably good for them,” Walton said of the Warriors on the latest episode of the "Purple Talk" podcast.