The Warriors’ greatest challenge right now is keeping themselves engaged. Their biggest foe, for the remainder of the season, is boredom.

These are the travails of a super team. Fortunately for the Warriors, this is the third year having to deal with first-world problems.

After 51 games, they have the pole position with San Antonio being the only reasonable contender. They have to keep winning enough to keep the Spurs at arm’s length. But they don’t have to exactly be locked in to keep winning.

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Why Leandro Barbosa decided to join the Warriors’ coaching staff This was the case last season when they were 47-4 at this point. This was the case two years ago, Steve Kerr’s first with the Warriors, when they were 42-9.

This is the pattern of the Kerr era: establish supremacy in the first half of the season, and in the second half find a way to stay motivated even though it is clear only one or two teams have a real shot when the Warriors play well.

The risk is developing bad habits. The concern is they won’t grow as a team, which could haunt them in the postseason. That’s why it is imperative they be self-motivated and play to their own standard. The difficult: losing focus and not executing doesn’t always come with a price.

“We have enough talent to make up for lapses, which can be dangerous,” Kerr said. “You don’t want to have too much slippage, but we are blessed to be able to win games when we’re not at our best because we have talented players. Our job as a staff is to avoid the slippage. To point out the mistakes we’re making and try to get our team to improve, win our lose. But the great advantage to having this kind of talent is that you’re generally not going to get into a big skid. You’re generally going to find ways to win.”

Winning regular season games doesn’t have the same allure for a team on pace to average 70 wins over a three-year period. But waiting for the playoffs leaves them vulnerable. The trick is normalizing high focus, energy and execution. They’ve been doing it pretty well, but the dog days are just beginning.

The Warriors are on pace to set an NBA record in point differential, outscoring opponents by an average of 12.8 points per game. With 31 games to go, Stephen Curry has already sat 16 fourth quarters, after sitting 19 last season and 20 in his first MVP campaign.

With the regular season meetings between Cleveland done, the Warriors have few opponents left worthy of their A game. If iron sharpens iron, Kerr’s team is trying to stay on point by clashing with plastic.

They have 17 games remaining against losing teams, another six winning teams they don’t need their best effort to destroy.

It’s tough to find 10 games the rest of the way the Warriors can get up for.

Friday’s game at Memphis is big because it’s a revenge game. The Grizzlies have two wins against the Warriors, one in which they embarrassed the favorites on their own floor by coming back from down 24.

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Saturday’s game at Oklahoma City is big — not because the Thunder is in the same league but because it will be an important game for Durant, and the last time the Warriors were there it was a spectacular performance.

They still have two games against the Spurs, both in San Antonio, the last team they have something to prove again. Two games left against Houston, which, even though they blasted the Rockets the last time they played, still has a rivalry feel. That’s six.

They have one other home against Memphis, another revenge statement, and Boston, a potential NBA Finals opponent, still has a trip to Oakland. May as well add the Washington Wizards, the hottest team in the Eastern Conference. That’s nine.

Do the Clippers count as a big game still? The Warriors like beating them so they play well against the Clippers. But Chris Paul won’t be back when they play again, so no.

What about the Kings? They just beat the Warriors. Pride is at stake. And since the Kings could be the first-round opponent, the Warriors will want to take away their confidence.

Finding 10 big games requires reaching. But that is how the Warriors go about staying engaged despite being drastically better than 98 percent of the league. That is how they sharpen their focus. They manufacture reasons to be locked in, psyching themselves into bringing the energy and focus.

In Kerr’s first year, they had the pursuit of respect as a newcomer to the elite class. Last year, they had the chase for 73 to keep them engaged. This season, with the addition of Durant and the aftertaste of blowing a 3-1 lead, all they have really is professionalism.

“At the end of the day, you’re trying to build something,” Andre Iguodala said. “You’re trying to build a legacy, and the legacy is being consistently above the rest for a good period of time. Not just two or three years, but you want to do it for six or seven years. It’s tough because you have so many things off the court that can distract you …it’s a good test for us.”