Those prospects—James Wiseman, Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody—had a negligible impact on this run. Had the Warriors lost, Myers and Lacob would have been lit up by Warriors fans. But the gambit worked. “No one’s done it, I know. And we got criticized,” Lacob said. “But this is what we’re doing. We believe in this plan. That’s our plan. And look, I hate to say I told you so …”