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Things have not gone as planned for Golden State Warriors during their first year in San Francisco. Injuries have derailed any hope of reaching the playoffs, just one season after the Warriors capped a run of reaching five consecutive NBA Finals.
But according to Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle, Warriors fans in San Francisco are just as passionate and raucous as the fans that filled Oracle Arena in Oakland (via Nick Friedell of ESPN):
From his vantage, Carlisle was just happy to see his team continue to claw its way to another victory against a feisty Warriors group that came in playing its best basketball of the season.
“This is a place where the building is wild,” Carlisle said. “People that didn't think that the downtown crowd was going to be as wild as the Oakland crowd, I don't see a difference. They're into it. And it got to be a snippy game, really both ways. I'm not pointing fingers at them. It got to be that way straight across the board. And we're a young team trying to do exceptional things; we needed an experience like this tonight.
“We've gone through a lot in the last week, a lot of different polarizing situations. This is every bit as polarizing as anything we've seen, in the first half. But at halftime, the guys did a great job. We talked through some situations defensively and came out with some real resolve, and that's the key to the whole thing.”
Indeed, the Warriors still rank in the middle of the NBA in terms of attendance despite having the second-worst record in the league.
Golden State might be in transition this season, but the franchise is in excellent shape moving forward once Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson get healthy. Not to mention, the Warriors will likely end up with a top pick in the NBA Draft this upcoming summer.
There are still plenty of reasons for Dubs fans to be excited.
