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Rewind: Warriors' win way more gritty than pretty in Detroit

Programming note: Immediately after the final horn of the Warriors-Cavs showdown on Christmas Day, change the channel to CSN Bay Area for a special Warriors edition of SportsNet Central.

For more than 46 minutes Friday night, the Warriors mixed swagger and stumble in a way that would have the Harlem Globetrotters rolling their eyes.

The team with the best record in the NBA was being tricked and handled by the Detroit Pistons, who in losing their previous four games so frustrated their coach that he blistered them in public not once but twice.