SAN FRANCISCO – The first two-plus weeks of the 2025-26 NBA regular season has been an obstacle course of a schedule for the Warriors to navigate, trying their damnedest to make it through rough waters to not swim upstream months from now. What they’re about to face next is getting off a plane to a path of fiery coals, only to see a brick wall at the end.

In less than three weeks, the Warriors already have played 11 games, including three back-to-backs. They’ve boarded a flight for the second night of a back-to-back, hopped on a bus for one and been able to sleep in their own beds only once for a home back-to-back. Their toughest test yet comes Tuesday night against the defending champions before another flight to play the gargantuan future of basketball the next night.

The Warriors have

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