Warriors dynasty articles
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Following Play-In defeat, is the Golden State Warriors dynasty over?
The Golden State Warriors have personified excellence over the last decade. Mixing a revolutionary brand of basketball with star players, the Warriors have won four NBA championships since 2015 and established themselves at the top of the league’s food chain. However, that was then and this is now. The team’s 2023-24 campaign came to a juddering halt on Tuesday night as the Warriors lost 118-94 to the Sacramento Kings in the first round of the Play-In Tournament. It’s the first season that the...
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Nobody can agree what the 'end' of the Warriors dynasty actually means
All around the basketball-watching world, the declaration was the same: At approximately 9:30 p.m. PT on Tuesday, the Golden State Warriors’ dynasty was pronounced dead following a thorough beatdown at the hands of the Sacramento Kings, 118-94. The play-in tournament loss eliminated the Dubs from championship contention, and marked the third time in the last five years that the team would miss the playoffs. But while many of the NBA media’s finest coroners agreed that there was, in fact, a...
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Death of a dynasty: Warriors' playoff hopes crushed by Kings, marking the end of an era
The Golden State Warriors wore the jerseys of a champion, and at times this season could conjure streaks producing optimism, but the end was just, swift and decisive at the hands of the bloodthirsty Sacramento Kings.