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Don't bear in the lead, my man.

Don't bury the lead.

The Golden State Warriors, who are not like the recent Golden State Wars.

They were not at the end of this particular game.

In fact, starting late in the third quarter, Kevin Durant left at the 205 mark of the third quarter.

That is the big story.

Now, the Warriors won the game.

104 to 99 was the final. A humongous embarrassment for the Rockets who have to have their tail between their legs right now as they

skedaddle back to their San Francisco hotel before going back to Houston.

But my goodness, wow, that was a El Choco.

The rockets came all the way back, and then when they came back,

they were down by a gazillion points that went down by 20,

which isn't even that much because the Clippers had a 31 point lead,

or down 31 against Golden State, and they came back.

But the Rockets had the lead in the fourth quarter.

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