What's going on here? First the Golden State Warriors get destroyed by the Boston Celtics, 140-88, on Sunday. Than on Tuesday, Boston loses a contest they should have won versus the Cavaliers - described by Jaylen Brown as a "mentality loss". And on Wednesday, the Warriors decimated the surging Milwaukee Bucks, 125-90.
Call it mental fatigue or physical fatigue (or both), but the 82-game NBA regular-season schedule may just be too long. There is no logical reason for a team to get skunked badly and then a few days down the road dominate a League power. But that is what Golden State did.
The NBA has become "Big Business", and that means money - lots of it. It is doubtful if the League will reduce the number of games anytime soon, but it is obvious that by the final-quarter of the regular season many players have had it. And it shows in the three games mentioned above.
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