How They Got Here • Golden State : After a season of near-constant highs, the Warriors finally experienced real adversity in the Western Conference Semifinals against the Memphis Grizzlies. After dispatching the Grizzlies with ease in Game 1 , Golden State faltered in Game 2 thanks to the reintroduction of the injured Mike Conley and a classic grit-and-grind performance in which Memphis made the best team of the regular season look very uncomfortable. Things got even worse in Game 3 , and for a time it looked as if the Warriors did not have the mettle to make the necessary adjustments and persevere through challenges to exploit is apparent advantages. Game 4 answered any of those doubts . Head coach Steve Kerr and his staff changed up the defensive scheme to nullify Tony Allen, at that point arguably the MVP of the series, and returned to the elite pick-your-poison ball movement that helped them steamroll the rest of the league throughout the past six months. Their three closing wins established the Warriors as even more fearsome than they appeared at the series' outset. The defense exposed the Grizzlies' one-dimensionality, the offense found its level, and Stephen Curry...