Warriors’ 8-game winning streak will have fans dreaming of 2022 championship repeat

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Through the first three games of the 2026-27 season, the Golden State Warriors must have felt that this would be a development year, a stopgap season as they await the return of Jimmy Butler. After all, they lost their first three games, with their offense being very stagnant. But since then, they have won eight consecutive games — including a 138-87 demolition of the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday.

Stephen Curry has played at an MVP level over the course of the team’s winning streak, and on Monday, he only needed 10 shot attempts to get to 25 points. Youngsters Brandin Podziemski and Yaxel Lendeborg combined for 48 points on 18-of-29 shooting from the field, while the team’s bench continues to swing games in their favor.

While there is still a long way to go in the 2026-27 season, this current winning streak sets a hopeful precedent for the Warriors. According to Nick Friedell of The Athletic, the last time the Dubs won eight straight in a single season was during the 2021-22 campaign — the season in which they won their most recent championship.

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That 2021-22 Warriors team was coming off a season in which they missed the playoffs after falling short in the play-in tournament. This 2026-27 squad is similar in that regard, as the Phoenix Suns knocked them out of playoff contention in the battle for the eight-seed.

That squad from five seasons ago also did not enter the season with high expectations. While many expected that they would be better than the previous campaign, not too many believed that they could compete for a title. But they were able to go all the way, thanks in large part to the emergence of Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole as true game-changers.

Perhaps Lendeborg and Podziemski would be this team’s equivalent of Wiggins and Poole from five years ago. And this Warriors team will still be welcoming back Jimmy Butler to the team.

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While there are plenty of other fierce contenders in the NBA, namely the San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers, and Philadelphia 76ers, just to name a few, the Warriors are showing that they might have a dog in this fight.

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