A chance to jump into outright fourth in the Western Conference standings has gone begging for the Golden State Warriors, having had their five-game winning-streak snapped in a 106-96 loss to the Houston Rockets at Chase Center on Sunday.

Stephen Curry's disastrous performance and Golden State's 20 turnovers may have been the biggest factors in the game, but it's Steve Kerr's rotation patterns that could be of most intrigue ahead of the postseason.

The Golden State Warriors faced a daunting back-to-back against the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets, yet exited with two of their most impressive wins of the season to continue growing their playoff credentials.

With Stephen Curry in red-hot form after a mammoth 125 points in the last three games, and Brandin Podziemski taking multiple steps towards future stardom, is it time to start talking about the Warriors as legitimate championship threats?

Brandin Podziemski and Jonathan Kuminga were huge in the first-half, before another epic battle broke out between Stephen Curry and LeBron James in a massive game between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena.

After emerging with a 123-116 win, the Warriors could now draw even closer to the third-seed if they can return home and claim victory over the Denver Nuggets in the second night of a back-to-back on Friday!

If the upcoming back-to-back wasn’t already big enough for the Golden State Warriors, the stakes only grew further thanks to the Denver Nuggets’ decision to rest all their key guys on Wednesday night.

On this episode, a deep look at the current West standings, plus why tomorrow’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers might show us the real Jimmy Butler, and why it may change the narrative surrounding the Warriors’ playoff chances.

After going without a field-goal last time out in Memphis, Stephen Curry responded with a mammoth 12 threes and 52 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 134-125 win over the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum.

Curry wasn’t the only Warrior veteran to be a defining factor, with Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green also pivotal as the visitors leave Memphis with the fifth-seed now in hand!

A career-high seven 3-pointers from Brandin Podziemski helped the Golden State Warriors explode out of a recent offensive slump in a 148-106 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.

It was a near-perfect outing for the Warriors, but a re-aggravated ankle injury for Jonathan Kuminga is a concern ahead of Tuesday’s huge matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Despite a huge build up to Jimmy Butler’s first game back in Miami, the Golden State Warriors fell meekly in a 112-86 blowout loss to the Heat at Kayesa Center.

The offensive woes again proved Golden State’s reliance on Stephen Curry, with Butler struggling and no Warrior player scoring more than 15 points as the team shot less than 40% from the floor and a paltry 23.7% from 3-point range.

Jonathan Kuminga had a team-high 16 points for the Golden State Warriors on Saturday, yet found himself benched for the entirety of the fourth as the visitors fell to a 124-115 defeat to the Atlanta Hawks.

While Kuminga’s playing time is a talking point, it’s the Warrior defense and first-quarter struggles that proved the difference in the nine-point loss.

Jimmy Butler’s second triple-double with the Golden State Warriors has helped the hosts to a 117-114 victory over the Toronto Raptors at Chase Center on Thursday night.

However, the result was overshadowed by a scary fall for Stephen Curry in the third-quarter, with the 2x MVP exiting the game and not returning in what the Warriors are calling a pelvic contusion. All Golden State fans now await an update on Curry's MRI in what could be a season-altering diagnosis.

Jimmy Butler delivered perhaps his best performance for the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night, leading a Stephen Curry-less offense in a 104-93 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.

While Butler controlled the offense, Draymond Green put on a defensive masterclass as the Warriors suffocated Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard and company.

As good and as important as the win is, it wasn’t all positive in the aftermath as the performance of Jonathan Kuminga drew plenty of criticism.