What We Learned From Warriors Loss To Denver Nuggets

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🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Walter breaks down Golden State’s reality check, spotlighting Kristaps Porzingis and Podz as potential building blocks for next season. Analysis includes De’Anthony Melton’s struggles, Draymond Green’s defensive intensity, and the ongoing injury woes — especially Steph Curry’s uncertain return. The episode tackles Steve Kerr’s rotation experiments, trade scenarios, and the future direction of the Warriors as they face tough matchups against the Portland Trail Blazers and LA Clippers. Is running it back with Butler, Porzingis, and Curry the right move, or is a full rebuild on the horizon?

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0:00.0	This is just a classic reality check.
0:03.2	Warriors looked really good in the first quarter coming off a three-game winning streak.
0:06.9	Looked really good in the second quarter.
0:08.6	Coming off a three-game winning streak, you thought, hey, maybe they've turned a new leaf.
0:13.1	Then the Denver Nuggets decided, hey, we're better than you.
0:16.5	Let's break down the game and take away some positives like we're trying to do on this show from every
0:22.1	loss that ensued.
0:22.9	You are Locked on Warriors, your daily Golden State Warriors podcast.
0:28.0	What are they going to say now?
0:29.8	Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day.
0:44.6	It's good, everyone, win or lose.
0:48.2	We always appreciate you for joining Lockdown Warriors, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network.
0:49.5	It's your team every day.
0:52.7	My name's Charlie Walter, host this show, formerly at 957 the game in
0:55.9	CVS. This is a reality check for the Warriors that they are who we thought they were.
1:03.0	They got destroyed by the Denver Nuggets today, 116 to 93. I didn't even think they necessarily
1:09.1	played a bad game. Like I've seen a bunch of people in the comments saying what switched, what was said at
1:14.7	halftime.
1:16.3	There was no Michael Jordan's water that was being passed around and Stan Podalak wanted
1:22.0	a sip of Bugs Bunny's taking it, Lola Bunnies taking it.
1:25.7	There's no Mike's secret stuff in there. It was as simple as the Nuggets looked in the mirror and said, oh, yeah, we have Yokic. We don't have Aaron Gordon, but Peyton Watson's back. And we got Christian Brown and we've got Jamal Murray. And we've got a roster littered with a bunch of NBA talent warriors on the other side just don't have it.
1:47.3	Like I've been asking for more and more L.J. Cryer. I've seen enough to say that he can hit
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