Warriors dominate Clippers in Game 3 of the playoffs
Don\u2019t view the Warriors\u2019 Game 3 victory as the team trying to prove a point. No, they were merely trying to restore order to a series that should have never been tied. With the lesson learned in Game 2 \u2014 where they had a 16-minute stretch where they, per Stephen Curry, \u201cliterally [forgot] how to play basketball\u201d, resulting in choking away a record 31-point lead \u2014 still fresh in their mind, Golden State led Game 3 from the opening tip to final buzzer, winning 132-105. After a beat-down like that, let\u2019s call this series what it is: over. The Warriors might only have a 2-1 lead on the Clippers in their best-of-seven first-round playoff series, but it\u2019s near impossible to see a path for Los Angeles to win three of the next four contests. In fact, it\u2019s quite difficult to see them winning other game. The Warriors played sloppy, turnover-happy basketball in Game 1 and won by 17. Then, they opened up a 31-point lead in Game 2 before their bizarre, collective implosion, best (but not completely) explained by a well-conditioned sense of apathy. Thursday, they led by as many as 36 points on the road and declined to give the Clippers a chance to make much of a dent in that advantage.