The 2020–21 Golden State Warriors season was the 75th season of the franchise in the

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(NBA), its 59th in the

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, and their second season playing home games at

Chase Center Chase Center is an indoor arena in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. It is the home of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball A ...

. They were coached by

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, in his seventh year as head coach. This season

Stephen Curry Wardell Stephen Curry II ( ; born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player and point guard for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Chef Curry", he is widely regarded as the ...

became the franchise's all-time scoring leader when he broke

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's record of 17,783 points that stood for 57 years. Curry moved into second on the all-time career three-point scoring list with 2,832, 141 behind the record holder

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. Curry was the league Scoring Champion for the second time in his career, averaging 32 points per game. Curry was named to the

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, his seventh selection to an All-NBA Team, a Warriors franchise record.

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was named to the

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for the fourth time in his career, and sixth All-NBA Team overall. After a one-year absence from postseason, the Warriors qualified for the first stage of the new Play-in Tournament as the No. 8 seed. As such, the Warriors had the double chance to advance. However, in the seventh seed game, they lost to the defending champion

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, 100–103, dropping to the elimination round of the play-in against

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, which they lost, 112–117 in overtime. The Warriors would not miss the playoffs again until

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when they lost to the

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in the play-in.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2019–20 season 15–50 to finish in last place in the Western Conference having the worst record in the Conference.

Preseason

The Warriors entered the season with a chance to come back into championship contention after missing the playoffs for the first time since

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. With the

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forcing the 2019–20 NBA season to be temporarily suspended, the Warriors had not played a game since March 2020. On November 17, 2020, the NBA announced the 2020–21 season would begin on December 22, 2020. The Warriors started the season with a healthy

, as he previously injured his

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bone in his left finger against the

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on October 30, 2019, causing him to miss 60 of the 65 games available and playing in 5 of those respective games. The Warriors also expect to have a healthy

Kevon Looney Kevon Grant Looney ( ; born February 6, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a freshman playing college basketball with the UCLA Bruins men's basketball ...

, who was struggling with

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for most of the season, as he only played 20 games.

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was also expected to be healthy this season, but on November 19, 2020, it was announced that he would miss the entire season due to injuring his right

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. Thompson hadn't played in an NBA game since Game 6 of the

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. After sitting out for two consecutive seasons, he finally made his return on January 9, 2022, against the

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, recording 17 points and 3 rebounds in a 96–82 win. As a result of being the worst team in the league, the Warriors were in the

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lottery and they received the second overall selection. With that selection, the Warriors drafted Memphis center James Wiseman. They also selected point guard

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with the 48th pick and shooting guard Justinian Jessup with the 51st pick.

Draft

Before the start of the

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period, the Warriors' selection was held stuck as the #1 selection of the draft with their record being the worst of all NBA teams the prior season at 15–50 before the NBA suspended their season on March 12, 2020, and cancelled the rest of Golden State's season by June 5. As a result, they held the best odds to stay at #1 alongside the

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and

for the 2020 draft, though also holding the highest odds to fall as low as the #5 pick with 47.9% odds of dropping there. The Warriors ended the 2020

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with the #2 selection, dropping down one spot with the Timberwolves moving up to the #1 position. In addition to their first-round pick, the Warriors also gained two second-round picks from previous trades involving the

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Standings

Division

Conference

Notes * z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs * y – Clinched division title * x – Clinched playoff spot * * – Division leader

Roster

Roster notes

missed the entire season with a torn right Achilles tendon.

Game log

Preseason

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, , Andrew Wiggins (15) , Kelly Oubre Jr. (7) ,

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Amalie Arena Amalie Arena (officially stylized as AMALIE Arena) is a multipurpose arena in Tampa, Florida, United States, that has been used for ice hockey, basketball, arena football, concerts, and other events. It is mainly used as the home for the Tamp ...

3,085 , 23–26 , - style="background:#fcc" , 50 , April 4 , @

, , Stephen Curry (37) , Kelly Oubre Jr. (11) , Draymond Green (11) ,

State Farm Arena State Farm Arena is a multi-purpose arena located in Atlanta, Georgia. The arena serves as the home venue for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It also served as home to the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hock ...

2,937 , 23–27 , - style="background:#cfc" , 51 , April 6 ,

, , Stephen Curry (41) , James Wiseman (10) , Draymond Green (8) ,

0 , 24–27 , - style="background:#fcc" , 52 , April 9 ,

Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...

, , Stephen Curry (32) , Andrew Wiggins (7) , Draymond Green (8) , Chase Center
0 , 24–28 , - style="background:#cfc" , 53 , April 10 ,

, , Stephen Curry (38) , Stephen Curry (8) , Draymond Green (7) , Chase Center
0 , 25–28 , - style="background:#cfc" , 54 , April 12 ,

, , Stephen Curry (53) ,

(11) , Draymond Green (7) , Chase Center
0 , 26–28 , - style="background:#cfc" , 55 , April 14 , @

Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Oklahoma, most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat ...

, , Stephen Curry (42) , Draymond Green (10) , Draymond Green (16) ,

Chesapeake Energy Arena Paycom Center (originally known as the Ford Center from 2002 to 2010, Oklahoma City Arena from 2010 to 2011, and Chesapeake Energy Arena from 2011 to 2021) is an arena located in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. It opened in 200 ...

0 , 27–28 , - style="background:#cfc" , 56 , April 15 , @

, , Stephen Curry (33) , Green, Looney (10) , Draymond Green (8) ,

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Rocket Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The building is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL). It also serves as a sec ...

4,148 , 28–28 , - style="background:#fcc" , 57 , April 17 , @

, , Stephen Curry (47) , Kevon Looney (9) , Draymond Green (10) ,

TD Garden TD Garden (named the FleetCenter from opening until 2005 and TD Banknorth Garden until 2009) is a multi-purpose arena in Boston. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening i ...

2,298 , 28–29 , - style="background:#cfc" , 58 , April 19 , @

, , Stephen Curry (49) , Kevon Looney (15) , Draymond Green (6) ,

Wells Fargo Center Wells Fargo Center may refer to: * Wells Fargo Center (Los Angeles), California * Wells Fargo Center (Sacramento), California * Wells Fargo Center (San Francisco), California * Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California * Wells Fargo C ...

4,094 , 29–29 , - style="background:#fcc" , 59 , April 21 , @ Washington , , Kelly Oubre Jr. (24) , Bazemore, Oubre Jr. (9) , Curry, Green (8) ,

Capital One Arena Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. The arena was opened o ...

2,133 , 29–30 , - style="background:#cfc" , 60 , April 23 , Denver , , Stephen Curry (32) , Draymond Green (12) , Draymond Green (19) , Chase Center
1,935 , 30–30 , - style="background:#cfc" , 61 , April 25 ,

, , Stephen Curry (37) , Draymond Green (14) , Draymond Green (13) , Chase Center
3,252 , 31–30 , - style="background:#fcc" , 62 , April 27 ,

, , Stephen Curry (27) , Draymond Green (11) , Mannion, Wiggins (5) , Chase Center
3,613 , 31–31 , - style="background:#fcc" , 63 , April 29 , @

, , Stephen Curry (37) , Kent Bazemore (10) , Stephen Curry (8) ,

Target Center Target Center is a multi-purpose arena located in Minneapolis that opened in 1990. It hosts major family shows, concerts, sporting events, graduations and private events. Target Corporation, founded and headquartered in Minneapolis since 1902, h ...

1,638 , 31–32 , - style="background:#cfc" , 64 , May 1 , @

, ,

(30) ,

(11) , Draymond Green (8) ,

3,702 , 32–32 , - style="background:#cfc" , 65 , May 3 , @

New Orleans New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...

, , Stephen Curry (41) , Draymond Green (13) , Draymond Green (15) ,

Smoothie King Center Smoothie King Center (locally referred to as SKC) is a multi-purpose list of indoor arenas, indoor arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is located in the Central Business District, New Orleans, Central Business District, adjacent to the Caesars ...

3,700 , 33–32 , - style="background:#fcc" , 66 , May 4 , @ New Orleans , , Stephen Curry (37) , Draymond Green (12) , Draymond Green (9) , Smoothie King Center
3,700 , 33–33 , - style="background:#cfc" , 67 , May 6 ,

, , Stephen Curry (34) ,

(10) , Draymond Green (9) ,

3,621 , 34–33 , - style="background:#cfc" , 68 , May 8 , Oklahoma City , , Stephen Curry (49) , Kevon Looney (12) , Draymond Green (13) , Chase Center
4,155 , 35–33 , - style="background:#cfc" , 69 , May 10 ,

, , Stephen Curry (36) , Kevon Looney (13) , Draymond Green (10) , Chase Center
4,155 , 36–33 , - style="background:#cfc" , 70 , May 11 , Phoenix , , Andrew Wiggins (38) , Draymond Green (10) , Draymond Green (11) , Chase Center
4,155 , 37–33 , - style="background:#cfc" , 71 , May 14 , New Orleans , , Jordan Poole (38) , Juan Toscano-Anderson (9) , Juan Toscano-Anderson (9) , Chase Center
4,155 , 38–33 , - style="background:#cfc" , 72 , May 16 , Memphis , , Stephen Curry (46) , Kevon Looney (11) , Curry, Green (9) , Chase Center
4,416 , 39–33

Play-in

The Warriors finished the regular season with the 8th-best record in the Western Conference, and qualified for the play-in games instituted in the

2020 NBA playoffs The 2020 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2019–20 season. The tournament ended with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat ...

. Needing to win only one of possibly two games they could play, they lost to the

Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...

who took the 7th seed with the victory, then lost to the

Grizzlies Grizzlies may refer to: *Grizzly bears Sports ; Sports teams named after the grizzly bear: United States: * Memphis Grizzlies, a National Basketball Association team in Memphis, Tennessee * Fresno Grizzlies, a Triple-A minor league baseball team b ...

in overtime who captured the 8th seed in the conference. , - style="background:#fcc" , 1 , May 19 , @ L.A. Lakers , ,

(37) ,

(13) ,

(8) ,

6,022 , 0–1 , - style="background:#fcc" , 2 , May 21 , Memphis , , Stephen Curry (39) , Draymond Green (16) , Draymond Green (10) ,

7,505 , 0–2

Player statistics

Regular season

, , 67 , , 18 , , 19.9 , , .449 , , .408 , , .692 , , 3.4 , , 1.6 , , 1.0 , , .5 , , 7.2 , - , ^≠ , 1 , , 0 , , 15.0 , , .000 , , — , , .500 , , 5.0 , , 2.0 , , .0 , , 2.0, , 1.0 , - , ^† , 2 , , 0 , , 13.5 , , .357 , , .200 , , .500 , , 6.5 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 1.0 , , 6.5 , - , , 63 , , 63 , , 34.2, , .482 , , .421 , , .916, , 5.5 , , 5.8 , , 1.2 , , .1 , , 32.0 , - , , 63 , , 63 , , 31.5 , , .447 , , .270 , , .795 , , 7.1, , 8.9, , 1.7, , .8 , , 7.0 , - , , 57 , , 1 , , 18.9 , , .467 , , .397 , , .909 , , 3.2 , , 1.3 , , .7 , , .1 , , 6.5 , - , , 61 , , 34 , , 19.0 , , .548 , , .235 , , .646 , , 5.3 , , 2.0 , , .3 , , .4 , , 4.1 , - , , 30 , , 1 , , 12.1 , , .342 , , .367 , , .821 , , 1.5 , , 2.3 , , .5 , , .0 , , 4.1 , - , , 60 , , 6 , , 12.8 , , .449 , , .397 , , .636 , , 1.0 , , .4 , , .2 , , .2 , , 5.6 , - , , 55 , , 50 , , 30.7 , , .439 , , .316 , , .695 , , 6.0 , , 1.3 , , 1.0 , , .8 , , 15.4 , - , , 40 , , 2 , , 17.4 , , .497 , , .333 , , .713 , , 3.2 , , 1.3 , , .3 , , .2 , , 9.5 , - , ^≠ , 10 , , 0 , , 4.0 , , .769, , .500, , .750 , , 1.1 , , .1 , , .6 , , .1 , , 2.5 , - , , 51 , , 7 , , 19.4 , , .432 , , .351 , , .882 , , 1.8 , , 1.9 , , .5 , , .2 , , 12.0 , - , , 15 , , 1 , , 5.6 , , .407 , , .400 , , .333 , , 1.1 , , .3 , , .2 , , .3 , , 1.9 , - , , 53 , , 16 , , 20.9 , , .579 , , .402 , , .710 , , 4.4 , , 2.8 , , .8 , , .5 , , 5.7 , - , ^† , 39 , , 0 , , 16.0 , , .353 , , .213 , , .893 , , 1.7 , , 2.5 , , .7 , , .2 , , 4.7 , - , , 71, , 71, , 33.3 , , .477 , , .380 , , .714 , , 4.9 , , 2.4 , , .9 , , 1.0 , , 18.6 , - , , 39 , , 27 , , 21.4 , , .519 , , .316 , , .628 , , 5.8 , , .7 , , .3 , , .9 , , 11.5 ''After all games''.
^‡ Waived during the season
^† Traded during the season
^≠ Acquired during the season

Transactions

Trades

Free agency

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

Awards

References

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