Okay, the most important game of the season is here folks. No more dress rehearsals, no more what ifs. It’s time to lock in for some Play-In tournament basketball! After a 37-win season, somehow someway the Golden State Warriors still have a chance to fight for an NBA title. Let the games begin (again)!
Golden State Warriors (37-45) at Los Angeles Clippers (42-40)
When: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | 7:00 PM PT
Where: Intuit Dome
TV: Amazon Prime Video
Radio: 95.7 The Game
Let’s talk about what it means to carry something, Dub Nation.
Not the fun kind of carrying where you have the Steph-in-his-prime effortless kind where he’s pulling up from the logo and the crowd is already celebrating before it leaves his hand. I’m talking about the the other kind where you look left and right and realize the army you were promised is gone, and it’s just you and a bunch of soldiers who are going to have to figure it out on the fly.
That’s the assignment Wednesday night at Intuit Dome.
Jimmy Butler III — done for the season. Moses Moody — gone. Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford have barely shared the floor with Steph. The Warriors went 1-3 against the Clippers this regular season, and dropped the most recent meeting 115-110 on Sunday. That was a game where Curry logged 29 minutes, his most since returning, and dropped 24 points on 7-of-14 shooting.
This is the context. Eyes open…and yet.
The single most dangerous offensive player on a basketball court Wednesday night is Stephen Curry. Not Kawhi Leonard, who’s been remarkable (career-high 27.9 points per game on a career-best 62.9 true shooting percentage). Not Darius Garland, who has quietly become a legitimate secondary weapon patterned, by his own admission, after studying Curry’s game.
Ty Lue knows it too. The man who won a championship coaching against Curry said this week he’s “sick” of seeing him in the postseason. That’s not bulletin board material folks, that’s a confession. Lue is already thinking about what happens if Curry gets going, already scheming to limit his three-point attempts, already knowing that 24 points in the regular season finale means nothing about what’s possible when the calendar flips to April postseason basketball.
Dub Nation, this is it. Banged up hitting the road, running on fumes and faith. But they’ve got the best player on the floor, a franchise legend playing for everything, and absolutely nothing to lose. Win, and they fight again. Lose, and this season ends at Intuit Dome, the same building where Sunday’s loss briefly made it feel like it was already over.
It’s not over. Not yet.
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