The defending champions, the Golden State Warriors (wishing everyone a healthy Dragon Boat Festival and all the best)

Time moved on to November 28, near the end of the month.

The New York Knicks continued their road trip.

On this day, the city they would visit was San Francisco.

On this night, the team they would challenge was the Golden State Warriors.

The defending champions from last season had retained most of their existing roster this season, with management shouldering immense pressure and spending heavily. They continued their campaign, striving to make another push toward the playoffs and the NBA Championship.

Honestly, if they pulled it off this season or next, the Golden State Warriors' standing in this era might start to resemble that of the Spurs back in the day...

Unfortunately, whatever happened, the Warriors were unlikely to retain a sufficiently competitive roster next season.

After all, by then, the salaries of Curry, Klay, Green, and Poole—their core quartet alone—would be enough to push them over the second apron...

In other words, from the perspective of their salary structure, this season's Warriors were already in a position where they had to go all in for one final push.

Meanwhile, for the Knicks, who had already won sixteen straight games, there was naturally only one goal this season as well: the NBA Championship.

So naturally, when two teams with the same goal faced off head-on, a dramatic rise in the game's intensity was only to be expected...

Before long, it was nine thirty that evening.

Inside the Chase Center Arena, where six championship banners hung overhead, a fierce contest boasting both star appeal and genuine quality was about to unfold.

After a brief but spirited opening ceremony, both teams' starters quickly took their positions.

Warriors starters: Curry, Klay, Wiggins, Green, TJD (Trayce Jackson-Davis).

Knicks starters: Rose, Chen Xi, George, Ethan, Hartenstein.

The Golden State Warriors' overall roster had