As I sit here watching "It's a Wonderful Life" after the exciting conclusion of the Warriors-Chicago Bulls game, I can't help but marvel in the similarities. Steve Kerr is today's version of George Bailey. He went back to Chicago where he won three NBA titles as a player, this time as a first year coach chasing his new team's franchise record for consecutive wins. And yes, they did it. With their 12th victory in a row, the 2014 Dubs broke a record from 1971 and own the best record in the NBA at 17-2. Kerr like George Bailey believes in community: playing together, feeding off each other, coming through for one another. The Warriors are looking an awful lot like the Giants who won their third world series in five years. Similar to the Orange and Black, the Blue and Gold are finding new ways to win close games with a different hero almost every night. Tonight it was Draymond Green who scored a career high 31 points, making 7 of 13 three pointers. His supporting cast included four others in double figures, led by Klay Thomposn with 24 points, Stephen Curry with 19, and both Harrison Barnes and Marreese Speights added 11 points each. That scoring plus the crushing defense and rebounding from Andrew Bogut is why Coach Kerr like Bailey considers himself the luckiest man in the NBA. "They're easy to coach," said Kerr. "They're really talented. They're unselfish."
As for Green, Kerr isn't at all surprised by his performance. "The numbers are incredible, that's who he is," explained Kerr. " He's a winner. He's given us a new dimension with his three point shooting." And showing off the kind of unselfishness Bailey always portrayed in Bedford Falls, Green like his coach, shared his night's success.
"Those guys did a great job of finding me," said Green. "I couldn't have done it if they hadn't put me in that situation. I was getting wide open looks at threes." The magical season for the Warriors continues Monday night on the road when they face the Timberwolves at the Target Center.
As the 49ers prepare to play the Raiders tomorrow at the Coliseum, it would do both teams good to remember the story of George Bailey. If you live your life to the fullest; sharing your gifts with others, you will indeed be the richest person in the world. Words to live by for all of us.
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