The Warriors made Chris Paul real sad

Good morning. Let’s basketball.

DAGGER(S)! Check out Tony Parker completing a Spurs comeback against the game-as-hell Wizards with a DAGGER three, which is answered by a nasty DAGGER from Bradley Beal. Zards win!

KLEPTOSAURUS: The Raptors really did steal a win in Oklahoma City with a vicious fourth quarter comeback. Toronto is now one of just two unbeaten teams in the land at 5-0.

THE MAIN EVENT: Warriors-Clippers was the game everyone looked forward to this week, and it did not disappoint. L.A. closed a sizable deficit to take a mid-fourth lead, but Stephen Curry hit a series of difficult shots (surprise!) and Harrison Barnes crawled out of his sarcophagus to end the Clips’ dreams. Chris Paul missed some key free throws and a gotta-have-it three, and had to sit the final L.A. possession due to a groin tweak. That made him sad. The Internet smelled blood and the rest was meme history. (A representative sample.) The Warriors’ streak survives.

DAMN, FESTUS: Festus Ezeli absolutely swallowed a vintage Blake Griffin tomahawk attempt. Somewhere, Mozgov smiles.

MORE SCORES AND HIGHLIGHTS.

GET READY: I looked at the quality and attainability of 15 players who will be restricted free agents in 2016. WHO WANTS DION WAITERS, JARED SULLINGER AND MILES PLUMLEE?

HULKED OUT: LeBron James got frustrated and tore his sleeves, started shooting way better and ... then said he actually loves sleeved jerseys.

D’OH: Jae Crowder made a 94-foot shot. Problem is it didn’t count.

ROCKETS BACK? Good news: Houston won again, and James Harden was pretty good. Bad news: they needed overtime against the Magic.

SWEET: The Lakers apparently had a fight on the bench during Tuesday’s loss.

SPEAKING OF THE LLLLAKERS ... So Byron Scott tossed out a random critique of Emmanuel Mudiay, saying he didn’t think he was a true point guard back after having seen the teenager workout for L.A. before the draft. Mudiay had 10 assists in Denver’s Tuesday win. And Mudiay made sure to emphasize that fact after the game.

THAT IS *NOT* OKAY: Warriors franchisee Joe Lacob strongly implies that he had sex with the Larry O’Brien trophy.

UH, SURE: Chris Bosh brewing beer in the back of a stretch Hummer.

BELIEVE ME: There is a reason Evan Fourner’s nickname is Never Google. Trust us on this one and do not Google his last name. Seriously.

SOCK CITY: Sean Highkin on the next frontier of NBA fashion: socks.

WELP: Houston is talking about recruiting Kevin Durant.

BIG BEN: Deep dive by Dana O’Neil on the presumptive No. 1 pick in 2016, Ben Simmons.

BOO THIS: The Mavericks showed a really awful video about DeAndre Jordan before a recent game. Mavs Moneyball is not pleased.

TONIGHT: TNT has Bulls-Thunder (8 p.m. ET) followed by Grizzlies-Blazers (10:30 p.m. ET). No offense to the Grizz or to Damian Lillard, but you are hereby permitted to go to bed early.

Happy Thursday. See you next time.