The main problem with the Warriors Team is that although their young players are full of zeal, they are too young.
Lillard is still not at his peak, Leonard is still the lagging version of Jordan, Griffin is close to his peak, but he has never been the decisive figure in the playoffs.
The most relied upon veteran, Joe Johnson, is an existence that is good enough to not be out of place but not quite at the top.
He is very useful when the game cannot be opened, or when someone is needed to execute key plays, but if he is expected to bear this pressure for the whole game, that is asking too much of him.
They can push against the 39-year-old Duncan, but in front of the 32-and-a-half-year-old Yu Fei, that youthful energy does not do much.
Facing a 1-3 predicament, the Golden State folks have not lost faith in Game 5.
They want to prove that they are even better than last year.