A fair number of things went wrong for the top-seeded Golden State Warriors in their first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers. Kevin Durant missed Games 2 and 3 with a left thigh strain, head coach Steve Kerr did not sit on the bench for Games 3 and 4 due to severe pain that could keep him out for the rest of the playoffs, and Stephen Curry only shot better than 40 percent from the field in two of four games. These are issues that would seriously hinder lesser teams — it’s hard to sustain the absence of a head coach, an injury to a superstar, and two iffy shooting games for another superstar without suffering some kind of dip in form.
However, the Warriors are not like other teams. They proved as much again in Monday’s Game 4 against the Blazers at the Moda Center, defeating the hosts 128-103 to finish off a sweep and become the first team to advance to the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2017 NBA Playoffs.
By Eric Freeman.
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