This step into history wasn’t easy. It was a dogfight. Ugly most of the time. Dangerous some of time.
The Warriors needed a hero and the usual suspects weren’t materializing. Draymond Green was out of the game, on the bench with four fouls. Klay Thompson was out of the game, with a bloody ear, the result of a Trevor Ariza knee to the head.
And MVP Stephen Curry was unusually quiet. Maybe it was the yellow sleeve he donned on his bruised arm. After his third short three-pointer, he took it off, never to put it on again.