I was joking earlier that the Golden State Warriors merely allowed the Raptors to win three of the first four so they could wipe the slate clean of the 3-1 comeback jokes for good if they made their own 3-1 comeback.
Absolutely not true, the Warriors now have a chance to make that scenario play out in the 2019 NBA Finals. While they don’t want to admit it, much of this series changed late in the Western Conference semifinals when Durant went down with a mild calf strain.
The Warriors were able to fight past the Trail Blazers, but the Blazers did march out the gate with a ten-point first-half lead in numerous games.