SAN FRANCISCO – The week-long NBA All-Star break is almost over, ready to give way to a 27-game sprint to the postseason for the Warriors. They are only 29-26 and hanging onto the eighth seed in the West, but Steph Curry and Co. have shown they can turn it up following an in-season intermission. Last year, a middling Golden State rode the momentum created by a blockbuster Jimmy Butler trade to a 23-8 finish to the regular season. This season, the Warriors will hope that Kristaps Porzingis – acquired via the Hawks for Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield – will have a similar effect. “You just need a chance. If you give yourself a shot at it, we know how to do it,” Draymond Green said Feb. 5 in...
