Go behind the scenes of the Golden State Warriors SI cover shoot with Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green.
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Thunder may be the NBA’s best hope of unseating the Warriors—that rare team with the length, talent and flexibility to theoretically match the defending champions on their own terms. In the translation from theory to practice, however, that characterization can turn dispiriting. Oklahoma City held its ground through much of Thursday’s game at Oracle Arena only to fall victim to the same kind of suffocating run that seems to claim all of Golden State’s opponents.