It had a perfect prize fight billing.
The Splash Brothers versus the Stache Brothers.
It was going to be the Golden State Warriors' beaming radioactive lightshow against the Oklahoma City Thunder's physical ground and pound.
The Thunder had just taken out the 67-win Spurs leaning heavily on a super-big lineup of Steven Adams and Enes Kanter. They were walking into a series against a whole new beast, the 73-win Warriors, who feature the famed "Death Lineup," a grouping that is centerless and whose tallest player is 6-foot-7.