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HOUSTON — A standing ovation from their teammates greeted Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors when they finally made it back to the visitors’ locker room late Friday night after the last of their on-court obligations.
That was several minutes after Bob Myers, Golden State’s president of basketball operations, fielded a congratulatory FaceTime call from his injured but giddy superstar Kevin Durant inside the game’s final minute. Forced to watch on television back in the Bay Area, Durant didn’t even want to wait until the final buzzer to join the revelry.