For the first time in this semifinal series, the Warriors looked like a young team and played like a young team.

The Spurs were up just three points at halftime, and they had labored to get there. You had to figure the Warriors would make a run in the third quarter, just go off with drives and long 3s and putbacks, the whole deal. It’s what they do and what makes them frightening. You just knew it was coming. And all those faithful Spurs fans, dressed in Spurs black, weren’t attending a celebration for their team. They were attending a funeral.

Except it didn’t happen that way.

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