The Golden State Warriors won 73 of 82 regular-season games this season, never losing back to back. They were the prohibitive favorites for the N.B.A. championship, and the idea of the team dropping a seven-game series in the playoffs seemed impossible to many.
But the impossible may be coming true, as Golden State is down, three games to one, to the Oklahoma City Thunder and facing elimination on Thursday night.
Plenty of athletes and teams have looked like unbeatable Goliaths, only to turn in a result similar to the biblical Goliath. Here are some of them.
