Here are five observations of the Warriors’ 118-91 victory over the Pistons on Saturday night at the Chase Center, breaking their 11-9 record this season.
1. Beat the teams that must
Blake Griffin, looking old, called Steph Curry twice in the first quarter and produced a live ball spin and an airballed hook. A few belongings later, he tried to trick James Wiseman into a fake bomb, failed and desperately jumped on the newbie, hoping for a foul. The referee gave him a whistle: an offensive foul on the veteran. Here are the two pieces of Curry.
The pistons are not in a good place now. The signing of Jerami Grant seems smarter than many predicted, but Detroit’s first-round pick, Killian Hayes, has been out for months due to a hip injury. Griffin, his top player, looks like a shell of himself, and the rest of the list has an almost zero chance of getting them out of the lottery. They beat the Lakers on the other …