With their backs against the wall in the 2019 NBA Finals, the Warriors showed their championship heart, fighting and clawing to the very end of Game 6 against the Toronto Raptors.
But the injuries had built up, the effects of five straight trips to the Finals finally took their toll as the Dubs fell to Kawhi Leonard and the Raptors four-games-to-two.
The feeling surrounding the 2018-19 Warriors wasn't new to head coach Steve Kerr. Kerr won three straight titles with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the 90s, the last one coming courtesy of Jordan's iconic shot over Utah Jazz guard Bryon Russell in Game 6.