For Golden State, Six Is Enough

Less is more? Addition by subtraction? Choose whichever similar cliche you want for Golden State because they all apply. Tuesday night, due to injuries, the Warriors dressed only eight players and played just six, but won the game anyways, beating the Mavericks, 111-103.To say it was a rare occurrence would be an understatement, as SB Nation's Inhistoric points out.

In fact (according to the Elias Sports Bureau), the Golden State Warriors became the first team in the shot-clock era to win a game with only six men [playing]. The last time a team won a game with, at the most, six players was way back on February 10, 1952, when the Baltimore Bullets beat the Fort Wayne Pistons 82-77. In that game, all five Bullets starters -- Don Barksdale, Frank Kudelka, Stan Miasek, Dave Minor and Kevin O'Shea -- played all 48 minutes.

It was also the first time since 1997 that a team had three starters play the entire game.

The Warriors go 3-8 operating like a semi-functional team, and 1-0 using just six guys. Probably time to cut the dead weight, right?