"We pretty much dominated the game for the first 41, 42 minutes," Golden State Warriors defensive guru Draymond Green said of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, which his team trailed at halftime, "so we'll be fine."
It is hard to tell if this was just hubris or complete disregard for the Boston Celtics' performance, but the holdovers from Golden State's three championships echoed their spiritual leader's sentiments following Thursday's 120-108 loss — their first at home in these playoffs and third in this core's 30 series openers.
The sense you got from listening to Warriors leadership was that they felt the Celtics got lucky, especially since Al Horford, Derrick White and Marcus Smart combined to make 15 of 23 attempts from 3-point range.