Traditions must be kept. So Warriors owner Joe Lacob, in the hall outside the Warriors locker room, got on his knees. His aching knees, Bugle Boy jeans and tucked white button-up shirt be damned. He bowed before the one who saved the season.



Klay Thompson is worthy.



The last time the Warriors were in a Western Conference finals Game 6, they were facing elimination in Oklahoma City. Thompson went unconscious, making a playoff record 11 3-pointers en route to 41 points, stunning the Thunder and keeping the Warriors alive. And did it again Saturday, two days shy of the two-year anniversary of his greatest career moment. So Lacob bowed.



“I told him don’t leave Kent hanging again,” Lacob said, referencing the failed high-five his son tried to give Thompson.



His 35 points defibrillated the Warriors’ offense when it looked as if all was lost. Over the first 16 minutes, 30 seconds of the second half, Thompson hit seven 3-pointers. The...