warriors resurgence?

 

photo: Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group

a week ago i wrote about my questions about my warriors, but after watching five consecutive games i'm believing again. we narrowly won against the nets and the blazers. then, i was ready to stomach a HUGE game versus the nba leading celtics, but the dubs pushed the former finals rival into overtime and won. what. a. game! i was yelling into the wee hours of the morning watching from brooklyn. friday we welcomed back jordan poole and his new team, the wizards. we won that game 129-118. 

last night, it was the blazers again but at chase. the young team came out blazing and we were looking slow out the gate after a back-to-back. we turned it around in the second quarter behind a vintage showing from the splash brothers, steph curry and klay thompson. however, across my viewing over the last week, the rookies - podz (brandin podzemski) and baby t (trayce jackson-davis) have impressed me the most. a friend made an astute comparison of podz to donte divincenzo for their similar energy and ability to be everywhere. podz has become a key offensive foul drawer too. then, there's my fav new rookie baby t, a nickname klay affectionately gave him since he has another trayce (his brother) who has top standing. baby t is a monster rebounder and provides the athleticism to go hard to the hoop. he has a keen basketball iq already in his first year. jk (jonathan kuminga) has excelled at knowing where to insert himself and earned his starting line-up spot. 

as we look ahead to tomorrow's other big game against the nuggets, can we take the recipe of this vintage and new blood roster to higher heights (pun intended as we head to denver)? andrew wiggins has been out for the past two games due to illness, but looked good off the bench in the games i did see him in. draymond is still serving out his indefinite suspension. i'm curious how his return will effect this winning formula. the bench performance has been giving me we believe vibes. we are above 500 and on a 5gamewin streak, but the nuggets are another big test.