Barnes owned the three worst shooting nights in recorded Warriors playoff history going back to 1968: an 0-for-9 against Houston in the 2015 Western Conference Final and two 0-for-8s in the 2015 and 2016 Finals against Cleveland.
Their decade-old reputation as the team that always figured out a way to scare an opponent through sheer firepower had been shredded by a younger, faster and no longer fearful Sacramento team.
The Kings guarded Stephen Curry into one of his most strenuous 22-point nights ever, and nobody, Thompson to be sure but not him alone, alleviated his strain.
This was the sixth-most mathematically profound non-regular season loss in the Steve Kerr era (138 playoff and play-in games), and it showed.
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