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Not only do the Warriors now share the same record as the Suns, but they also have one more win than the team directly ahead of them, the Portland Trail Blazers - a team they recently beat in their string of comeback wins.

Wiggins' absence should, theoretically, also come to a close sometime soon. Curry is set to be re-evaluated regarding the progress of his left shoulder on Jan. While the Warriors' injury report continues to grow, there is some good news. Phoenix will be without its biggest star, Devin Booker, for at least three more weeks. The Suns have lost three straight, as well as six of their last seven. The Warriors have won five games in a row, all without Curry and Andrew Wiggins, who missed his 14th straight game to a right adductor strain and then an illness. Behind Thompson's 54 points in the Warriors' roller coaster 143-141 double overtime win Monday night over Atlanta Hawks, Golden State now has a 20-18 record. Going into Tuesday's slate of games, which feature only three Western Conference teams - the Sacramento Kings, Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder - the Warriors now are tied for eighth place. The standings are even kinder to the Warriors than Thompson knew. But we are very blessed to have that access. We're lucky, I don't know how players did it pre-internet days. "We do look at the standings," Thompson continued. How did people - players, coaches, fans and everybody else - keep up with the NBA standings before the Internet? Warriors face new reality as West runs through Nuggets For someone who has stacks of newspapers by his locker and who literally teamed up with the East Bay Times for a pair of "Newspaper" Anta basketball shoes, he couldn't fathom an old way of life. Thompson then found himself in a time machine of confusion. "We realize we're only four, five, maybe six games back from first place and we know it's a long season and it's about catching that fire at the right time." "Yeah, definitely," Klay Thompson said Monday night when asked if he looks at the standings, and if that has helped the Warriors stay calm through the ups and downs. The Western Conference standings have been jam-packed, now more than ever.

Even with their rocky season thus far, they never have strayed too far from the pack. With so much experience of the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, there also wasn't a reason to stare at a panic button. They demand it, which is why they're the defending champions. Players, coaches and the rest of the organization expect better.

Talks about the NBA Play-In Tournament already were being floated around with the Warriors, before the calendar year even came to a close.Ī little less than a week later, everything has changed - the standings, the narrative and the overall feel of the Warriors.īeing around the Warriors, doomsday has never felt around the corner. The Phoenix Suns, as well as the Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans and Los Angeles Clippers all were tied with the Grizzlies' total wins at 19. They sat in the 11th spot of the Western Conference standings with a Christmas Day date against the first-place Memphis Grizzlies. SAN FRANCISCO - Upon their arrival home from a treacherous 1-5 road trip through Milwaukee, Indiana, Philadelphia, Toronto and New York, the Warriors came back to the Bay with a 15-18 record and without their superstar in Steph Curry.