OAKLAND, Calif. — Belief is a powerful thing, and for two NBA seasons and two mystical springs, the Golden State Warriors spun more belief and basketball magic than any team on the planet.
They mocked conventional wisdom and trampled the boundaries of what was thought possible, or reasonable.
There were no barriers they couldn't shatter.
Three-pointers? They would shoot, and make, more than any team ever.
Take away the three-point line? They'd just fire from 26 feet. Thirty feet. Half court. No matter.
Seventy-three wins? Impossible. Until the Warriors did it.
A 3-1 deficit in the Western Conference Finals? A death knell. Until the Warriors decided it wasn't.
Limits? There were none. Not for Stephen Curry and his buddies.
They made it their mission to stretch reality, to contort the game to their own design, forcing the entire league to adapt to the Warriors Way.
So when Curry pranced around the three-point line on Sunday night—with the Warriors trailing 92-89 in the final minute of the final game of the 2016 Finals, with Kevin Love da ...
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After Bending NBA to Their Will, Warriors Find Basketball Magic Has Its Limits
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