ANAHEIM, Calif. — On the final night they would go to work without the rings they've earned, the Golden State Warriors played like the champions they are.
They wanted that feeling back.
That unselfish, active, dominant feeling.
So they just went out and grabbed it. Inspiring, right?
Suckers. They didn't even realize the trap into which they'd fallen.
The overwhelmed Los Angeles Lakers were the Warriors' roadkill. The score of the teams' exhibition finale Thursday night was 136-97 but felt like 197-36 with all the breathless combination punches the Warriors landed.
The whirlwind felt as familiar as a Stephen Curry swish, and it was reassuring. Curry had flatly predicted it before the game, saying about their colorless preseason: "We haven't shown it, but we have it."
So the Warriors blew the disjointed, inexperienced Lakers off the floor. They felt like the champs again—and all was right with their world once more.
Peeking ahead to ring night Tuesday and the regular-season opener against the New Orleans Pelicans, Draymond Green smiled and said: "We ...
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