in the playoffs, they defeated the dysfunctional houston rockets (41 wins 41 losses), who they played last year in the wcf's in 5 games, the portland trail blazers (44 wins 38 losses), also in 5 games, and the kevin durant/russell westbrook lead oklahoma city thunder (55 wins 27 losses) in 7 games. the warriors however trailed the thunder 3-1, looking like they were going to be eliminated but however, the warriors won game 5 120-111, game 6 108-101, and in game 7 96-88. the warriors became the 10th team to win the series when down 3-1, after last year's houston rockets. they would meet the cleveland cavaliers again in the nba finals. the warriors were up 3-1 in the series following a game 4 97-108 victory at quicken loans arena. however, they lost game 5 at home 97-112, game 6 101-115, and a game 7 champion decider 89-93. they would become the 11th team to lose while up 3-1 and the first to do it in the nba finals. they also became the first playoff team to overcome a 3-1 deficit and blow a 3-1 lead in the same playoff year.