Steph Curry details Warriors’ ‘mission’ for 2025-26 NBA season – NBC Sports Bay Area and California

On Oct 24, 2025

Steph Curry and the Warriors have some unfinished business to take care of as their 2025-26 NBA season begins Tuesday in Los Angeles.

After Golden State’s preseason finale Friday night at Chase Center, the team’s star point guard explained how opening night against Luka Dončić and the Los Angeles Lakers can set the tone as the Warriors seek a return to the NBA playoffs.

“It’s the same mission every year,” Curry told reporters after the Warriors’ 106-103 preseason loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. “Last year we made it and the wheels fell off [off] a bit. But it doesn’t matter [what]you don’t really want to advance too quickly or panic if things don’t go well early on, but you want to have intentionality about how you’re trying to start both ends of the court, understanding, again, that we’re a team that’s building on the foundation that we had last year, so I want to win the first game. “

Stephen Curry said the Warriors want to have “intentionality” in how they begin the regular season Tuesday in Los Angeles.
“We’re a team that’s building on the foundation we had last year. So, you want to win the first game. That’s kind of how you take it.”
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Curry and Co. will play their first game of the new season against a Lakers team without LeBron James, who is out with sciatica to start the season, at Crypto.com Arena. But after Los Angeles added Dončić in February of this year, Curry knows a tough challenge awaits the Warriors as they enter their first full season with the recent trade deadline acquisition of Jimmy Butler.

“It’s exciting to know that we’re starting the journey against a team that – I wish LeBron would play – but is lethal with Luka, so a good test to start, and hopefully we can hit the ground running.”