by David Zizmor

OAKLAND–The Warriors who are coming off a three game win steak after beating New York, Philadelphia and Minnesota they let those three teams stay in a lot more than they would have liked especially considering how bad those teams are. New York and Philadelphia are considered the two worst teams in the NBA. Minnesota is a little better they have potential rookie of the year Andrew Wiggins whose playing really, really well.

Minnesota is a little more frisky but their not a good team either. The Warriors would have hoped in all three of those games they would have just blown them out. The Warriors are going into the break tired things are a little bit heavy right now and at this point of the season things are a little bit of a drag because your not playing for anything yet.

The playoffs are not quite in their sites so your not getting super excited about positioning and the W’s are a little bit tired they’ve been playing a lot of games they’re on the road. The Warriors look a little slow, a little sluggish and as a result they played these three teams that were all bad teams and they were all inexplicably close games.

That last game against Minnesota was a close one right at the end a 94-91 Warrior win. New York and Philadelphia teams but they both stayed pretty close to the Warriors. The mark of a good team even on nights when your not looking your best especially on the road you still pull off the victory and that’s what the Warriors did.

They went out and took care of business it wasn’t the prettiest but they went out and got the victories. That’s why the Warriors are sitting at the All-Star break with a 42-9 record. It’s kind of amazing record if your a Warriors fan to think that in the last 40 seasons how they could have 42 wins at the All-Star break at this stage of the season. They’ve never accomplished that.

2015 All-Star game: The Warriors have sent three representatives head coach Steve Kerr and players Stephen Curry and Klayton Thompson. Curry got the most votes of anybody in the All-Star game the starting point guard. Thompson made it on as a reserve and he ended up as a starter because the Lakers Kobe Bryant got injured and they needed to replace him in the back court.

Kerr as the head coach he and his staff are the ones in charge in the Western Conference All-Stars, It’s a trifecta who can remember the last time that a Warriors coach coached the NBA All-Star game? Kerr has been fantastic and not bad for his first year coaching the team. Curry is a bonafide all star.

David discusses the NBA All-Star game in New York on his podcast below http://www.sportsradioservice.com