Warriors’ road success offers optimism for season’s final stretch

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Warriors’ road success offers optimism for season’s final stretch originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The Warriors picked up another crucial victory Sunday with their 117-113 win over the San Antonio Spurs, capping a very successful road trip that bodes well for Golden State the rest of the way.

“Fantastic trip. That’s a sign of their competitiveness and grit,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr told reporters at Frost Bank Center. “To be on the road for eight days and do what we just did, that’s a sign of a really good team.”

“To be on the road for eight days and do what we just did. That’s the sign of a really good team.”

Kerr is thrilled with the Warriors’ fantastic road trip 🙌 pic.twitter.com/NAOV9cno8m

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) April 1, 2024

The win against the Spurs is Golden State’s 22nd road victory of the 2023-24 NBA season, matching the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder and the defending-champion Denver Nuggets for fifth most in the conference.

That’s not too surprising, either. Golden State now has won in its last six trips to San Antonio.

And it’s not just in San Antonio where things have been going well for the team.

The Warriors have been red-hot away from home over the past seven weeks. They’ve won 14 of their last 17 games on the road and lead the NBA in road victories since Feb. 5.

No matter how the rest of the season goes, the Warriors have assured themselves a winning record on the road for the eighth time in the last 11 years.

It has been a different story at home.

The Warriors are 18-19 at Chase Center heading into Tuesday’s home game against the Dallas Mavericks. The 18 home wins are the fourth fewest in the West and 10th fewest overall in the NBA.

With eight games remaining, the Warriors are clinging to a two-game lead over the Houston Rockets for the West’s final NBA play-in tournament spot. Houston had been the NBA’s hottest team until losing to the Dallas Mavericks earlier Sunday.

Calling them the Road Warriors might be cliché, but it definitely has been appropriate this season.

“We started off with that game in Minnesota where we kind of led…

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Publish date : 2024-04-01 02:59:00

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