Imagine missing seven of your eight leading scorers, over $190 million worth of salaries in street clothes, and still finding a way to cut a 25-point third-quarter deficit to seven against a West playoff team, before taking a top-three East team down to the final possession. That’s what the Golden State Warriors have pulled off over the last three days.
The Warriors hosted the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday already without Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Moses Moody, but things grew even bleaker by halftime when Seth Curry, Al Horford and Quinten Post all exited with injuries.