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PORTLAND, Ore. — When the Warriors arrived here to embark on the stretch run of the regular season, there was one player not on the team charter: Draymond Green, whose absence from a disc injury in his lower back reached 22 games Thursday night.

Klay Thompson was dropped into the middle of a playoff race less than two months ago with uncertain expectations about how he'd perform. After two years off, many wondered if Thompson — a staple of the Warriors' splashy offense — could be be reliable operating on his surgically repaired knee…

The All-Star break no longer splits the NBA season in half so much as it gives teams a breather for the stretch run. The Warriors, no doubt, were in need of it. For a team with the second-best record in the NBA, though, Golden State enters the final portion of…

SAN FRANCISCO — The surprise holders of the second-best record in the NBA, the Warriors’ attitude entering the All-Star break shouldn’t have depended on one game. But facing injuries and defensive slippage that had led to losses in three of their past four contests, that’s where they found themselves entering…