There would be no miracle this time. No 38-foot shot from Stephen Curry’s hand to flip the score. No Draymond Green block to jump-start a rally. No Klay Thompson scoring binge to make up the difference. No. In Game 1 of this best-of-seven series on Monday night, the mighty Golden State Warriors dropped a rare home against the Oklahoma City Thunder and suddenly find themselves in the deficit against a legitimate threat that’s capable of ending their feel-good season.
Despite holding a 14-point lead in the second half, the Warriors were undone by a scattered offensive performance down the stretch and a torrid Russell Westbrook third-quarter scoring outburst in which the dynamic point guard dropped 19 points.