Michael Jordan shows the Warriors wear rings go. The Golden State Warriors will never live down blowing a 3-1 lead to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals. No matter what this franchise accomplishes over the next few years — and it's likely to be a lot — plenty of critics will say that Golden State couldn't beat Cleveland once in three tries with a chance to become the best team of all time and needed to sign Kevin Durant to retake control.