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Series preview: Battle-tested Warriors take on surging Mavericks

The Warriors finished with the conference’s No. seed despite Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green sharing only a combined 11 regular-season minutes amid overlapping injuries. They dispatched the Denver Nuggets in five games in the first-round only to meet a young and physical second-seeded Memphis Grizzlies team that challenged them to six games.