Golden State Warriors: Takeaways From Game 1 Of The Preseason
By Aaron Mah
The NBA finally returned back into our respective lives on Saturday when the new-look Golden State Warriors faced off against the Toronto Raptors in Vancouver.
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On a rather smoggy afternoon in downtown Vancouver (in my best Marv Albert voice), the new villains of the NBA, the Golden State Warriors, took their talents north of the border to take on “Canada’s team”, in the Toronto Raptors.
With all eyes on the Dubs and their newest edition, Kevin Durant, the sold out crowd at the Rogers Arena served as the platform in which the NBA universe got their first collective glimpses at the new greatest show on earth.
At the end of the night, the Raptors gave the capacity audience an entertaining win, en route to handing KD and the Dubs their first L during the process; but, as such with the nature of the preseason, wins and losses are very much or moot at this point (unless you’re the 2012-13 Los Angeles Lakers, amirite?!?).
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Preseason, contrarily, are used as very tentative litmus test to see how a team will function, and how the rotations will play out when the real season begins.
Without a doubt, this wasn’t your typical first game of the preseason, as reporters from the New York Times traveled up all the way to the great Northwest just to cover this affair. Surely, the Warriors are going to get the Miami Heatles treatment for the rest of the year.
For all its worth, everything from here on out will be magnified, and at times, even exaggerated; but in this brave new world of social media, this is what we do. Without further to do, here are some (very initial) takeways of the newly-formed NWO Dubs.