LOS ANGELES — The Warriors’ championship fabric started to tear.

The Warriors labored without Stephen Curry to guide them because of an injury. The Warriors struggled without Kevin Durant after fouling out. The Warriors became anxious, exhilarated and then anxious as Klay Thompson struggled with his shot, rediscovered it in crunch time and struggled again. And the Warriors saw Draymond Green fight through rustiness before having heated words with Durant on the bench.

Yes, there is plenty to unpack in the Warriors’ 121-116 overtime loss to the Clippers on Monday. The Warriors snapped a seven-game winning streak to the Clippers. The Warriors (11-3) have a 1-2 record in the first game of back-to-backs this season. And in a season in which the Warriors have appeared dominant and refreshed, they suddenly have lost two of their past three games.

Inevitably, though, the most attention will center on the argument that Durant and Green had at the end of regulation.

With the game tied at 106, Green grabbed a rebound off of Lou Williams’ 20-foot attempt with six seconds left. Warriors coach Steve Kerr did not call timeout for a simple reason.

“We’re in transition and we have KD and Klay,” Kerr said. “I like the idea of pushing the ball and not letting them set up their defense. I generally do that late in games.”

But Green and Durant did not agree on how to handle that late-game situation. Green pushed the pace in the open floor. But Durant called for the ball so he could bring it up. Once Green reached halfcourt, he split through two Clippers defenders. But Green lost control of the ball just as time expired.

“If I had that one back, I would’ve called timeout because it didn’t work out,” Kerr said. “But that’s just a judgment call I make on the fly. We decided to let them go. We liked our momentum and we liked what we had on the floor. We liked what they had on the floor. It didn’t work out.”

The telecast caught Durant sharing his frustration with Green over the final play. They exchanged words, prompting Thompson to sit in between them. Later, Warriors veteran forward Andre Iguodala calmed down Durant, while injured All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins implored Green to “lock in.”

Durant ducked out of the locker room before reporters were left in, which may have also stemmed from not wanting to express his frustrations for fouling out with 3:46 left in overtime. Green also declined respectfully to share his perspective on the incident to this reporter.

“It don’t matter,” Green said. “You all are going to report what you want to report.”

In fairness, Green and Durant have exchanged words before during games against Memphis and in Sacramento in the 2016-17 season. Since then, both Durant and Green considered it a good thing they aired their issues out openly.

“Just team spirit. Guys wanted a different outcome than what happened,” Warriors guard Shaun Livingston explained. “[Draymond] had a turnover. Guys thought they were open or wanted the basketball and didn’t get it. Things happen like that in a sport. But it was good to see some fire and some emotion.”

For nearly all game, the Warriors relied on Durant to carry them through a sluggish night with his 11th career triple double and fourth with the Warriors. He posted a team-leading 33 points, while going 10-of-24 from the field, 2-of-4 from 3-point range and 11-of-13 from the free-throw line.

It helped the Warriors absorb other negative developments. Curry missed his second consecutive game because of an injured left groin. Thompson had 31 points albeit on 13-of-31 shooting, including a 1-of-7 clip in the second quarter. Green appeared rusty in his first game since missing the previous two because of a sore right foot.

No wonder Warriors coach told Steve Kerr told his team “to keep fighting” following the final-play meltdown. As long as Durant was on the floor, the Warriors had a chance to win. After all, the Warriors closed the Clippers scoreless in the final 5:15 and scored 11 unanswered points.

Only problem: Durant fouled out with 3:46 left in overtime after being called for a reach against the Clippers’ Montrezl Harrell.

“I don’t think that has to be an automatic foul,” Kerr said. “I didn’t see a foul on that.”

Kerr did not see a lot of fouls warranted for Durant. Kerr argued that Durant had “four tough calls.”

The toughest entailed Durant’s last one as it did not appear he made much contact.

“Questionable call. He kind of lost the ball, flopped it and sold it,” Livingston said of Harrell. “I don’t think Marc Davis had the best angle, but he made the call.”

All of which set up Kerr with an impossible task. Sit Durant early, and the Warriors would have no chance of winning. Play him, and the Warriors may miss substantial time whenever he fouls out.

So when Durant picked up his third foul with 4:13 left in the second quarter, Kerr kept him in to close the first half. When Durant collected his fifth foul with 1:26 left in the third quarter, however, Kerr sat him until the 8:34 mark in the fourth period. By then, the Clippers kept an 11-point lead from 88-79 to 96-85.

“I kept him out there. We were obviously a little shorthanded with Steph out,” Kerr said. “I like to let guys play through fouls anyway. There were a few tough ones.”

Despite having those tough foul calls, Durant still played aggressively. He set up Iguodala for two dunks. He assisted Thompson on 4 3-pointers. He made a pair of foul shots before completing a 3-point plays. He made two defensive stops at the rim. Then Durant received his sixth foul.

“It’s unfortunate, but you have to adjust to how the game is being called,” Thompson said. “KD knows that. He’ll be better tomorrow [against Atlanta]. We surely missed him in that overtime.”

Still, Kerr argued Durant’s absence did not cost us the game.

“We didn’t play very well at all for 40 minutes plus,” Kerr said. “We didn’t deserve it. It was their game. They out played us tonight.”

The Warriors’ other Splash Brother took on so many identities against the Clippers.

He repeated his early-season shooting slump by going 1-of-7 in the second quarter. He mirrored Chicago Klay by going 5-of-10 in the fourth quarter, including eight in the final 3:23. And then he drained two step-back jumpers and a 3-pointer that prompted him to talk trash and celebrate as if he was dancing in China.

The Warriors rightfully did not freak out over Thompson’s slow start. As Kerr said, “Klay missed some shots he normally makes. So the Warriors kept feeding him the ball. Even when Durant looked to score, he could not help but pass the ball to Thompson after getting open on screens.

“Keep shooting. Never stop shooting. It’s that simple,” Thompson said. “If I’m not out there shooting, what else am I doing? I might as well just keep playing.”

The Warriors’ feel-good story of the season just had a rough moment. When Durant fouled out, Kerr inserted McKinnie to see if he could take advantage of playing in crunch time once again. He did not.

McKinnie bobbled a pass. He committed a turnover. And just as it always happens when Williams shoots, McKinnie fell for Williams herkey-jerkey motion and fouled him for a three-point play.

“You have to be locked in. I can’t have those type of plays,” McKinnie said. “It’s tough. That’s why guys have to step in like myself and do whatever to make plays.”

So Kerr inserted Livingston for the final 1:46, but the Warriors offered understanding for what McKinnie experienced.

“A tough a couple minutes for him in overtime. It was a good experience,” Kerr said. “You have to feel it and have to understand what it’s going to feel like in overtime in a tie game and close game. He’ll do better next time.”

Everyone knows Williams’ tricks. He uses his crafty dribbling and playmaking to create an open shot. Or he drives to the basket. And he does so while baiting defenders either to throw their hands on him or put them in an awkward defensive position that draws a whistle.

But even if the Warriors already knew that, it still did not matter. Williams finished with 25 points while scoring more from the free-throw line (14-of-14) than from the field (5-of-18).

“He’s just a handful to guard,” Livingston said, shaking his head. “He’s going to get buckets.”

When Livingston defended him with 1:21 left in overtime, he refused to allow his hands to fall onto Williams. He still drew the foul by initiating contact with Livingston’s hips. With the Clippers up with a 118-116 lead with 13.4 seconds left, Warriors forward Kevon Looney then fell for Williams’ pump fake at the perimeter. Game over. Williams made all three foul shots for a 121-116 lead.

“He did a great job drawing fouls and got us on a couple of big pump fakes on six free throws,” Kerr said. “We had a tough time containing him.”

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