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Golden State have a shot at their fourth championship in less than a decade. It’s easy to forget they were the worst team in the NBA just two seasons ago

The Warriors didn’t win Game 4.

If we turn back the clock precisely a week ago, there was a man who made a particularly bold claim: The red-hot Mavericks, fresh off embarrassing the top-seeded Suns, would also go on to knock off the Warriors to reach the NBA Finals. The column laid out valid enough reasoning,…

DALLAS – Luka Dončić scored 21 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter, but the Mavericks star’s efforts weren’t enough to beat a Warriors team that emerged with a 109-100 victory Sunday night.

Game 2 of the West finals was a testament to how quickly the next-generation Warriors have come to think, play and strut with the confidence of the old guys.

SAN FRANCISCO — The gold-clad crowd at Chase Center started to chant “M-V-P” in the third quarter of Game 2 of the Western Conference finals Friday night.

I’ll admit it. I thought the Warriors dynasty was finished. I was there the night in Toronto when it turned, when I declared the dynasty kaput, ironically during a Warriors victory in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

SAN FRANCISCO — Had Game 1 of the Warriors and Mavericks’ playoff series come in round one instead of the Western Conference Finals, things might have been different.

Golden State danced and coasted to a Game 1 win vs. Dallas to open the Western Conference finals.

Golden State Warriors kept Luka Doncic quiet in the NBA Western Conference Finals opening game against Dallas Mavericks with an emphatic 112-87 win at the Chase Center

A strong pulse still beats in the NBA’s last remaining dynasty, and woe to anyone who doubts it.