Light a small fire and let it burn. Gradually, the air above the fire will warm and start to rise. That updraft will pull surrounding air into the fire, feeding its hunger for oxygen. As the fire grows more intense, winds pick up and feed it more oxygen. Eventually, the fire grows so intense that it becomes a self-sustaining system. Light winds become gale-force bellows. The surrounding air becomes super-heated, igniting anything in the fire’s vicinity. So long as there is fuel to burn and oxygen to breathe, the fire is unstoppable. A firestorm is born.
At some point — last season or a few years ago — someone lit a fire under the Warriors.