by David Zizmor

OAKLAND–The Warriors had a blip on the radar screen when they lost a really bad game to the Cleveland Cavaliers but since then they’ve righted the ship with a couple of good wins. One was a nail biter up in Portland and then a big blow out win against Orlando and then another closer than expected win over Milwaukee.

Some people are concerned after that Cleveland win it was kind of a return to the pattern that we had already seen back in January and February where the Warriors played down to the level of their competition and Cleveland is not a good team and at this moment their not expected to make the playoffs.

So the Warriors losing to the Cavs in Oakland was a real eye opener and was a real puzzler because the Warriors are such a good team and they’ve been playing such good basketball and to see them falter against such a lousy team like Cleveland on their home court was really bothersome.

So after losing to Cleveland it was up to Portland on the road and it was a real tight game against a very good team that their battling with. They beat Portland by a point and that really calmed some nerves around the Bay Area, for the Warriors that was a tough game 113-112 victory. Portland is never an easy place to play especially when they have a good team.

You don’t want to say Orlando was a test the W’s next game on Tuesday the 18th because the Magic are one of the worse teams in the league, the Magic have one of the worst road records in the NBA. So beating the Magic isn’t necessarily an accomplishment but at the same time because the Warriors had struggled against Western teams at home it was good to see the Warriors blow them out 102-89.

The game with the Magic was one of those games where the starters were pretty much on the bench for most of the fourth quarter as the Warriors had this game in hand. It was’nt a close one for the Warriors who did a great job.

The next game against Milwaukee it was a little tiring than you would expect with a 115-110 win at home, but you have to keep in mind that Andre Iguodala has been out for the last couple of games, Andrew Bogut is a little gimpy he’s been playing the last game or two and he’s not a 100 percent yet.

With Milwaukee it’s weird their the worse team in the league by record but they actually put forth an effort they have a nice antidote to the Philadelphia 76ers who lost 21 games in a row. The Sixers are clearly trying to put a bad team on the floor and lose as many games as possible their now four game short of the all time NBA record for a loss streak at 26.

Daivd Zizmor covers the NBA for Sportstalk radio