OAKLAND, Calif. -- No matter how many points the Golden State Warriors won or lost by throughout the 2018-19 season their emotions never varied. Win or lose, the experienced group never got too high or too low following any single game, remaining confident that they were still better than everyone else. After four consecutive trips to the NBA Finals and back-to-back NBA championships, the Warriors were steadfast in their notion that nothing could stop them and that they could turn on the switch when they needed it most.
That feeling of invincibility was broken late Monday night, when the Warriors blew a 31-point second-half lead to the LA Clippers on the same night they lost DeMarcus Cousins to a potentially season-ending quad injury.