Shayna Rubin is a multimedia reporter covering the Oakland Athletics. She is a Bay Area native who spent the last five years covering the A's and Giants for various publications and worked as a digital producer for the Pac-12 Network.
Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry laughs hysterically while on the bench in the first quarter of their NBA preseason game at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 7 2023. SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors were disconnected, one-dimensional and eliminated from the playoffs when they last saw the Los Angeles Lakers. Five months later, the Warriors returned with a brand new look and focus.
Preseason pace can’t match regular season intensity, but the new-look Warriors looked like they’d been playing together for months. With Green out, Chris Paul made his anticipated Warriors debut in the starting lineup — who only played in the first half — sharing ball-handling duties with Curry and immediately found a re-locating Curry for a 3-pointer at the top of the arc.
Klay Thompson, starting at the four, came out firing from 3 and went 2-for-7 to start with four rebounds in 13 minutes. Thompson should play a near full-slate of preseason games in game-shape, a reversal from last season, where Thompson opted out of playing pick-up in the offseason, arrived at camp out of shape and didn’t play the majority of preseason.
Jonathan Kuminga was aggressive and decisive in his minutes — he played well within the Warriors’ system during a more methodical first half and flashed some highlights in a bench-heavy second half. The 21-year-old’s team-leading 24-point night peaked in the fourth quarter with a transition dunk off a lob from guard Kendric Davis. In his 23 minutes, he went 4-of-8 from 3 wight eight rounds — though turned the ball over five times, all in the first half.
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