Force and Flow in the N.B.A. Finals

Every game involving the Golden State Warriors begins well before the buzzer, with Steph Curry’s liturgical spectacle of a warm-up routine, watched reverently by the fans, media, and arena staff who comprise the point guard’s congregation at the Coliseum. The scene before Game 1 of the N.B.A. Finals, against the Cleveland Cavaliers, was no exception, and it culminated, as always, after a series of shots of increasing difficulty, with Curry’s signature volleys from the tunnel that leads to the locker room. As sometimes surely happens, he attempted maybe five such shots and never managed to connect. In retrospect, that might’ve been an omen: he never settled into a rhythm.

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