The Golden State Warriors faced the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night, suffering a tough defeat after opening the season with two consecutive wins, and Steve Kerr acknowledged the team’s shortcomings.

The Warriors could have pointed to their hectic travel schedule for Friday’s 139-119 loss at Moda Center, but coach Steve Kerr refused to use that as an excuse, instead praising the Blazers’ performance.

“The NBA schedule is … everybody deals with whatever comes your way and there’s a lot of difficult moments to the schedule, whatever,” Kerr told reporters in Portland after the loss. “But tonight was not about that. It was about Portland and what they’ve built and the length and athleticism and the style of play. They were brilliant. I would be embarrassed to sit here and blame fatigue

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