The Warriors stifled the Bucks, and reminded the NBA who’s boss

It was Steve Kerr's. It referred to a November beatdown, of the Golden State Warriors, by the Milwaukee Bucks. The league's narrative brokers, and several of the thousands who dipped out of biting cold and into Fiserv Forum, built it as a "test." So did Bucks center Brook Lopez after a shootaround earlier in the day. A reminder that the champs still run the NBA.