Steve Kerr said the word “lucky” three times, said the word “fortunate” a time or two, and had the loose and giddy grin of a gambler who snuck out of Las Vegas after the casino accidentally paid out on 50 straight losing hands.



So I asked him late Thursday: Are you disappointed that your Warriors needed so many incredible, mind-blowing breaks to beat LeBron James’ Cavaliers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals?



“Hell, no,” Kerr said. “We’re up 1-0, that’s all we wanted. And you take any win any way you can get it. Hopefully, this will dispel this notion that this is going to be easy. Because we never thought so.



“Come on, that guy over there (pointing to the Cavaliers locker room) is playing at a level, considering everything he’s doing, that we may not have ever seen before. And he’s got a good group of teammates around him. Obviously, we’re built differently — we’ve got...