 |
|
|
|||||
|
Find out more about Matt: Matt is the pregame and postgame analyst on Golden State Warriors telecasts for Comcast Sports Net Bay Area. Previously, he covered the Warriors for nine seasons as a traveling beat writer for the Contra Costa Times. When not watching or writing about basketball, Steinmetz is on a constant search for the Bay Area's best pickup games. |
It's hard to think playoffs after watching the Warriors get drilled 124-100 by a 1-10 team.
But this could be the year the Warriors -- or another sub .500 team -- squeezes into the postseason.
The Western Conference ain't what it used to be, let's put it that way.
Link to story I wrote in San Francisco Examiner.
by Matt Steinmetz
SAN FRANCISCO – The NBA Gods played an awful trick on the Warriors last season.
They allowed them 48 wins and one of the most exciting regular seasons in the franchise’s West Coast history, then abruptly halted their roll sans playoffs because there just so happened to be eight 50-win teams in the Western Conference.
The Warriors’ 48-34 mark was the best record for a non-playoff team since the NBA adopted its current 16-team format prior to the 1984 playoffs.
That was then, this is now.
While the Warriors might not be as good as last year, it is very possible — likely, in fact — that they will have a better opportunity to make the postseason this year. ...
Comment
RSS
Email
Print
