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Stephen Curry and Draymond Green have already done it all and won it all during their 14 years and four championships together. The Warriors’ visit to the Los Angeles Clippers was merely a play-in game for the right to travel to Phoenix after a trying regular season that ended with Golden State sitting eight games below .500 and in 10th place in the Western Conference. And yet both the style and substance of this 126-121 comeback victory indelibly evoked the brilliance of the Warriors’ golden era. The few remaining men who were around for all of it were thrilled to travel back in time.

The “Pablo Torre Finds Out” podcast won a Pulitzer Prize in audio reporting for its deep dive into the finances of the Los Angeles Clippers and star Kawhi Leonard, capping a remarkable rise for the influential show. Torre’s show has reported on several major stories since its debut in 2023. Topics include Jeffrey Epstein and his ties to Harvard, Madison Square Garden’s use of facial recognition software at games and team collusion in the NFL. The Pulitzer judges called Torre’s project on how the Clippers seemingly evaded the NBA’s salary cap rules by funneling money through an environmental startup a “pioneering and entertaining form of live podcast journalism.”