Warriors lose identity in fourth-quarter collapse that could reshape West finals

Joe Lacob walked down the hallway leading to his team's locker room Tuesday night, the owner of the Golden State Warriors perhaps awaiting answers to one of the most muddled endings to a game this postseason. A few feet away inside the locker room, the vocal leaders of the Warriors aired their feelings. For the first time many of them could remember, they had diverted from their free-flowing natures on the court and had stagnated in crunch time in a 95-92 loss to the Houston Rockets in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.