The Golden State Warriors welcomed the Charlotte Hornets to Chase Center Tuesday night, a contest that was already expected to be one-sided before Hornets guard LaMelo Ball was ruled out earlier in the day.

As one of the few NBA pundits who publicly loved the Warriors trading for Jimmy Butler when the deal first went down, Bill Simmons is going all-in on the Dubs after the strong six-game start to the Butler era.

The Golden State Warriors are playing their last game at home on Tuesday night against the Charlotte Hornets before they hit the road for the next five games. Tuesday night's game will be the first of two meetings between the Hornets this regular season.

Kerr leaned on his longtime friend and former Arizona teammate Bruce Fraser as a confidant and sounding board. Some of his anxiety over whether it would all work was alleviated when the Warriors dominated the Clippers in their first preseason game, then ripped off a 21-2 start to the season.

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