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SAN ANTONIO — Turnovers. A swollen elbow. Scarce love from the referees. Draymond Green screaming at him. A cold start from 3.

Nothing was going to impede Stephen Curry on Monday. Not the Spurs’ desperation. Not his own shortcomings. He was going to end this series.

There was purpose in his step, motivation in his dribble. Even though his aggressiveness led to moments of him being out of control, he refused to be deterred. He finished with a game-high 36 points as the Warriors completed the sweep of the short-handed Spurs.

Now it’s time to reclaim his name.

“I can see it even before he gets to the gym,” his dad, Dell Curry, said after the game, sporting his black 2017 NBA Finals cap. “You could tell during the day. You could tell at brunch. He’s focused, man.”

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Live NBA Draft Lottery: Warriors get the No. 2 pick In many ways, the Game 4 win was a microcosm of this season. It wasn’t as smooth and awe-inspiring as many have come to expect from him. Those honors belonged to Kevin Durant, who needed just 13 shots to score 29 points. But the diminished impressiveness was supplemented by his resilience.

His elbow bursitis — initiated by that fall into the second row in Game 2 of last year’s Western Conference Finals, when court-side fans didn’t catch — has flared up again. It is swollen and sensitive after he fell on it in Game 3, even though he said it only hurts on contact and it doesn’t limit his range of motion. But it will only truly heal with rest, which won’t be coming until after the playoffs. So he grits through the sting when it’s hit flush.

He had to find his rhythm from 3. He missed seven of his first nine attempts, pressing to get the Warriors off to a dominant start and missing a chance to make the lead insurmountable.

He didn’t get his first free throw attempts until the end of the quarter. The usual grabbing, holding and bumping he endures went unrewarded for the most of the game. He even tried to draw a foul when he was bumped on a 3-pointer, didn’t get the call and looked silly hoisting an wild 3-pointer.

On one possession in the first quarter, after a circus layup he converted over Spurs swingman Jonathon Simmons, Curry sat on the ground and stared at the referees, a silent protest against the non-call. But San Antonio had taken off the other way on the fast-break, creating an advantage. Green stopped play with a foul and screamed at Curry for not getting back on defense.

He also finished with six turnovers — including a pass ahead to Klay Thompson while he wasn’t looking, getting his pocket picked by Spurs forward Kyle Anderson and his traditional left-handed hook pass was deflected and stolen a couple of times.

And none of these seemed to have an effect, other than prompting him to dig in more.

“He’s taken on the responsibility to be a star every night, and a lot of people can’t do that. That’s No. 1,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “No. 2, he’s had the wisdom to make his game be even more solid, a little bit less mustard and a little bit more fundamentally sound — which reduces turnovers, gets more shots for his teammates. … And obviously his confidence has gone through the roof because he realizes that what he does is special. But it doesn’t diminish his attitude and approach and edge as he approaches every game.”

Maybe it is a good thing that Curry hasn’t had the type of magical season that landed him two MVPs. That earned him a seat at the table of the game’s elite. But his resolve is what will keep him there. And maybe this was good preparation for the test he’s about to face in his search for redemption. Maybe this is proof he learned the lesson.

Because he slapped a black sleeve on his elbow and kept it moving.

Because he took smarter shots to find his 3-point shot, running off the ball with more fervor to gain himself an extra split second to set. He made half of his six 3-pointers in the second half, including a couple momentum killing 3-pointers as the Spurs clung to life.

Because even though he wasn’t getting the call, he kept attacking the basket, converting layup after layup against the San Antonio defense, which is minus its best defender in Kawhi Leonard for the second third consecutive game. He didn’t just jack up 3-pointers.

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“He listens when I get on him,” Green said smiling. “Most of the time.”

Because no turnover had Curry sulking. His mistakes did not have him in hesitation mode. He kept attacking, kept forcing the issue, kept applying pressure. Until the Spurs were done.

Curry wasn’t bent on making sure the Warriors end this series so they’d be the first team ever to win their first 12 playoff games. He just has bigger fish to fry.

“I don’t think I need to watch The Finals to understand what the experience is like and to be ready for it,” Curry said. “We all know, obviously, who we’re going to play. … The past teaches you a lot but it doesn’t matter ight now. We have an opportunity in front of us, and we have to focus on that.”