Warriors have made hay without Stephen Curry, and are in prime position for another championship chase
Perhaps the rosiest takeaway from what has been a slog season for the Golden State Warriors is this: Over their last 20 games that Stephen Curry has missed due to his injuries, the Warriors have managed an 11-9 record. This most recent stretch without Curry, who has been out with torn ligaments in his leg since Feb. 4, the Warriors, if you include the win over Dallas in which Curry exited after 26 minutes due to the injury, have gone 6-4. This while the rest of the Western Conference has failed to separate. That 6-4 mark over the last 10 games is better than the Clippers, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Jazz, Pelicans and Blazers, all of whom are within two games in the loss column of the Warriors, who currently occupy the West's No. 5 seed. That's right. After all the Warriors have endured this season, much of their own lackadaisical doing, they are just two games back of a top-four seed with 20 to play. Of c...