Golden State Warriors: 3 takeaways from first play-in game

Takeaway No. 2 for the Golden State Warriors: Stephen Curry Is Not Human

The second takeaway that the Golden State Warriors can bring with them from the first round is that Stephen Curry is not human.

The Lakers went into the game with their number one goal on the defensive end being to take Stephen Curry out of the game.

While this worked at times, it was only for short stretches at most. Curry oftentimes found himself being double or even triple-teamed whenever he touched the ball.

The strategy forced the role players to beat the Lakers in which they could not do for a full game.

However, in their defense, they were doing more than keeping pace with the Lakers early in the game.

Despite the scheme that the Lakers set up, it appeared that Alex Caruso was the only player that could make any progress in slowing down Curry.

With the Lakers being one of the best defensive teams in the league, knowing that only one player on their entire roster had any success on your best player is a great thing to know going into the biggest game of the season.

It is unlikely that the Grizzlies will have anyone that they can put in a one-on-one situation with Curry and they will be forced to send at least two defenders his way if not more.

However, even with multiple people guarding him, Curry was still able to score 37 points while shooting over 52.2 percent from the field and 66.6 percent from three.

If he is able to go on a major tear during the next couple of months, the Warriors could be a sleeper team to make some major noise in the playoffs.