SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors weren’t supposed to be here, back in the NBA Finals, especially under these circumstances.
Injuries kept their top three players — Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green — from being on the floor together for all but 11 minutes of the 82-game regular season. James Wiseman, the team’s most talented big man, never suited up for a game because of complications from knee surgery. Curry is 34 years old, Thompson and Green are 32.
Still, the Warriors went 53-29 this season, the third-best record in the league. And now they’re playing for the championship for the sixth time in eight seasons.