To give Golden State a commanding 3-0 series lead, Durant followed up a 14-point first half with 19 points in the third quarter. With Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard watching from the bench, the Spurs allowed the Warriors to finish 54.8 percent from the field. Late in the first quarter, with the Spurs down 23-21, San Antonio forward David Lee took a Manu Ginobili feed and finished with the layup. While Joel Anthony shot the ensuing free throw for Lee, the ESPN telecast showed the ex-Warrior in a wheelchair. [...] unlike Games 1 and 2, when Leonard's absence triggered San Antonio implosions, the Spurs continued to spread the floor and attack the rim. Early in the second quarter, after Curry picked up his third foul, acting head coach Mike Brown made a risky move: Instead of sending the two-time reigning MVP to the bench to ensure he would be on the floor late, Brown kept Curry in. On a night he replaced Zaza Pachulia (right heel contusion) in the starting lineup, McGee had needed only 11 minutes and eight shots at that point for 16 points. Fueled by a raucous home crowd, the Spurs inched within three points less than four minutes into the third quarter. When he wasn't drawing contact...