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OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors openly admitted it when these N.B.A. finals began. The two-time defending champions said they didn’t know the Toronto Raptors as intimately as they would have liked at the start of a series this big.
“Not very familiar with this team” were the words Klay Thompson used after Golden State’s Game 1 defeat in Toronto. Warriors Coach Steve Kerr said as much even before Game 1 tipped off, noting that the Warriors “hardly know” the Raptors.
They know now.
The Warriors are all too aware, four games into these finals, that Kawhi Leonard is better than ever.