by Matt Harrington

PHOENIX–The Golden State Warriors start has been good but their going to get better, they won a big game in Houston on Saturday night 98-87 despite that they turned over the ball 26 times in that game. That’s something that head coach Steve Kerr has echoed on fixing after each game. These Warriors looked good but their going to be better.

The Warriors on average have turned the ball over 21.6 times on average per game that’s the loweest number in the NBA that’s a great improvement over last season. The Warriors are not fully healthy with David Lee out with that hamsstring strain, Klay Thompson was out in Phoenix against the Suns with a hand injury. The Warriors have not been playing at full strengh.

You talk about a 5-0 record going into Phoenix the team is not entirely healthy, their not getting the normal starting guys that they would, that’s quite an accomplishment this early and it’s hard to go 5-0 in any professional league especially at the start of the season when your not healthy. Winning on the road and keeping a perfect record through five games is hard especially when you have a couple back to back away games like they had this weekend.

The Warriors are a team that uses their legs their an uptempo team but that takes a little bit of toll. To come out with these wins and they played Phoenix in Sunday night it’s tough to play on the road in the NBA. The Suns have a bunch of greyhounds on that team they like to run the court and they like to get points in transition. It’s a huge accomplishment to win back to back games for Golden State.

To win at home as well is a tough accomplishment which they won that opening night game against the Kings that was electric. The Warriors are winning anywhere they could play a game on the moon right now. The road right now is tempting the Warriors by the time they return home they’ll have a good idea what they’re team identity would be.

The Warriors will be at home next against the Brooklyn Nets, you talk about Brooklyn and a team that’s coming from back east and from New York that’s always a tough test but the Warriors are really starting to jell right now and the Warriors are hopeful that Lee will be back from his injury if not the Warriors will definitely be tested. As of right now their getting help from forward Draymond Green whose been phenomenal he had 24 points Saturday night in Houston.

Green scored a career high with that 26 and he’s been pretty hot, everybody has been playing pretty hot. Kerr could plug in anybody and it seems like they’re having a good night. There’s still so much more basketball to come and it will be a wait and see if they can keep this up.

Matt Harrington is a talk show host covering Golden State Warriors basketball for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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