In what felt like a remake of last year’s postseason series against the Portland Trail Blazers, the Golden State Warriors was playing without one of their best players. With Kevin Durant out with a slight calf strain, and coming off a narrower victory than thought, the Warriors would seem in a tougher position than Sunday. Then in a remake of the regular season, the Durant-less Warriors reached into their bag of championship tricks and pulled out the defense that made them wholly unstoppable in a 3-year run for the NBA history books.
Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson jacked up some unbearable shots and JaVale McGee led the team in points through the deeper parts of the third quarter before a small Splash Brothers explosion.