OAKLAND – David West was gone before it got ugly, off into the sunset outside Oracle Arena with his infant son cradled in his hands and his wife, Lesley, not far away.



The game itself had been bad enough on Friday at Oracle Arena – Toronto 105, West’s old Golden State squad 92, and a 3-1 NBA Finals deficit that has this Warriors dynasty on the verge of total darkness. But the surreal scene he left behind – all those Raptors fans chanting their glee into the night while overtaking this historic building where one of the NBA’s all-time teams had accomplished so much in these past five years – was something he did not want or need to see.



“That was a tough one, man,” he told The Athletic on his way out. “I just thought they needed to be a little bit tighter. They’re under-manned, probably not as healthy as they need to be. But that was tough.”



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