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Kerr could've logged on to Twitter and found online hecklers noting that Kevin Durant was already looking to team up with the Spurs; how Durant has now chosen to lose with the team he couldn't beat as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder; or that Golden State needed to trade Durant to Dallas to bring back Andrew Bogut and Harrison Barnes. And the Warriors were lucky they lost by 29 points instead of 31 – as in 3-1 – because a fresh batch of references to how they blew a 3-1 lead to Cleveland in the NBA Finals would've been unleashed over the next few days.