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The Golden State Warriors came into Milwaukee Saturday night under almost the exact circumstances as they did last year -- on the back end of a back-to-back, on a Saturday night, after facing Boston the night before, with a win streak on the line.

This time, they left with that win streak intact.

Barely.

Milwaukee, which ended Golden State's 24-game win streak to start last season, had every chance to do the same to the Warriors' six-gamer this year, and even had possession with a chance to tie or take the lead with 10 seconds to play. But they couldn't get it done, as Golden State, which heads to Indiana on Monday looking to finish a perfect four-game Eastern road trip, escaped with a 124-121 win.

Here are four takeaways from what turned out to be a seriously exciting game in Milwaukee:

First of all, what was this?

As mentioned, the Bucks had the ball with 10 seconds left trailing 122-120. They had stormed all the way back from a double-digit fourth-quarter deficit, had all the momentum, the arena was buzzing, and out of a timeout, this is what they came up with for a sideline out-of-bounds play:

I'm not sure where to start with this, but suffice it to say, this wasn't exactly the safest of out-of-bounds plays -- a direct post entry pass, through traffic, to a guy being covered by Draymond Green. Granted, that guy was Giannis Antetoukounmpo, who had a terrific game and was rolling in the fourth, but still, just get the damn ball inbounds. You have plenty of time to set up a less congested post entry, if that's the matchup you want.

This was a pretty anticlimactic way for a really exciting game to effectively end, as Klay Thompson proceeded to ice the free throws that you knew he would, and that was that.

Man, that Warriors passing

I have to thank my guy Matt Moore for the scoop on this one -- with 30 assists Saturday night, the Warriors tied the 1985 Los Angeles Lakers for the second-most consecutive games (9) with 30 or more dimes. The 1989 Charlotte Hornets, featuring Stephen Curry's father Dell, have the record with 13. If the Warriors end up breaking this obscure, but hugely impressive, streak, they'll do it against the Hawks on November 28th.

You have to like their chances. The Warriors make 30-assist games -- which were once a pretty rare thing, and still are for most teams -- look downright easy with the way they move and shoot the ball. Plus, it seems like they get about 10 of these cupcake dimes a night with the defense so scattered in transition to connect to all that talent.

One of the most impressive things about the Warriors this year has been their ability to maintain their ball-m0vement/extra-pass identity while also making room for Kevin Durant to get enough of his comfortable isolation touches. They recognize mismatches immediately, and far more times than not they make the right decision as to whether they should exploit those mismatches with an isolation play or keep the ball moving.

Durant deserves a ton of credit for this, too. The Warriors, after all, have been playing like this for years. Durant hasn't. He's used to the ball stopping and starting with him. It continues to amaze me how quickly this team has gelled. I knew it would be a relatively easy transition because of the skill sets and humility of these guys, but this is next level. You'd think they'd been playing together all their lives.

Now that was a Freak show

Giannis Antetoukounmpo lived up to his "Greek Freak" moniker with a monster 30-point, six-assist night. Between he and Jabari Parker, who went for 28-5-5, the Bucks had the two best players on the court in the fourth quarter as they raced back into a game that, while being close all night, was one Warriors spurt from turning into a blowout.

Just look at this play on the defensive end:

That is amazing in so many ways. First, just the sheer athleticism and length necessary to make that play is awesome. Beyond that, to have the timing and coordination to, first, push up to stop the ball, and then, when the pass is made over the top, whip your whole body around like a cornerback on a fade route and in one motion locate the ball in mid-air to deny what looked like a gimme alley-oop? That's just, well, Freakish.

As is this:

The Bucks haven't been good this year, but with Antetoukounmpo (By the way, I'm convinced the reason you don't hear about this guy as much as you should is that writers go out of their way to NOT write his name) and Parker, you can see why people want to get excited about the future in Milwaukee.

No Curry, no problem

Against Boston and Milwaukee, Stephen Curry shot a combined 3 for 21 from three (he was 1 of 11 Saturday night), and just 33 percent from the field. No matter. When you have Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson, who is really starting to find his stroke, you're going to be fine.

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Kevin Durant came up big Saturday. USATSI

Durant continues to be an efficiency machine, upping his 57-percent FG percentage with 33 points on 10-of-17 shooting Saturday night including 5 of 8 from downtown. Thompson, meanwhile, finished with 29 points on 9 of 17 from the field and 5 of 10 from three.

This, obviously, is what makes the Warriors such a daunting challenge. They have so many shooters than there's almost never going to be a game where at least one of them isn't hot. So while other teams need their stars to play like stars every night, the Warriors can absorb a tough shooting night from one or two or even three of their best players and still compete with anyone.

Good luck running into this team on a night when they're all missing.

If you do, you should take that luck and hop a plane to Vegas as soon as possible.