One week ago, the Warriors “death watch” was on.

The team had been crushed in back-to-back games in Oklahoma City, falling behind the Thunder three games to one in the Western Conference Finals. Their magical 73-win season was on life support.

Three games, and three victories later, the legend of these Golden State Warriors is alive and stronger than ever after a decisive win in Game 7 Monday night at Oracle Arena.

“We weren’t just down 3-1, remember. But we’d been blown out two straight games,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said after Monday's game. “It’s a pretty remarkable comeback, and it shows, I think, a lot about our guys and their will and their grit.”

After losing by 20-plus points in Games 3 and 4 in OKC, the Warriors looked lost. They were being outplayed in every facet of the game and the Thunder’s length on defense was disrupting the historic 3-point prowess that kept the Dubs in every game this season.

They returned home for Game 5 and, according to Kerr, were able to “kind of rediscover ourselves and our style,” en route to a 120-111 win to bring the series to 3-2.

“Then, Game 6 was kind of magical.”

Klay Thompson went ballistic to force a Game 7, and just like that, the Warriors were back.

Finally, last night, Kerr said, “With everything on the line, our guys all came through.”

Just like they have all season.

Thompson and Curry put on another show, once again etching their names in the record books, setting NBA records for 3-pointers by a player in a seven-game series (Curry, 32) and as a team (90). (Thompson also set an NBA record for most 3's in a single playoff game with 11, in Game 6.)

Golden State’s defense tightened, holding the Thunder to a series-low 88 points, just four games after giving up 133.

And the team’s deep bench reinforced the “Strength in Numbers” mantra. Led by Shaun Livingston, Leandro Barbosa and Anderson Varejão, the reserves contributed a 12-0 run in the final four minutes of the third quarter to grow the Warriors' lead to 13.

Soon after, Steph Curry was doing his best Brandi Chastain impression and the Dubs were heading back to the Finals, becoming just the 10th team ever to come back from down 3-1 to win a series.

Call it ‘will,’ call it ‘heart,’ or call it ‘greatness,’ with their backs against the wall, the Warriors were fighting for their legacy.

According to Scott Cacciola of the New York Times:

“The Warriors have remained aware that all their feats would be meaningless without an opportunity to vie for another championship, their victories consigned to the dustbin of near renown, their records reduced to footnotes of almost greatness. They have always wanted the whole package: the wins, the records and the trophy."

“There's a belief in their greatness, individually and collectively. That's because the Warriors have lived up to it,” wrote ESPN’s J.A. Adande.

Now only the final chapter of this year's fairytale remains. It comes in the form of a rematch with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, whom the Warriors defeated 4-2 in last season's NBA Finals.

"You appreciate how tough it is to get back [to the Finals]," Curry said. "You can't take anything for granted because it's such a grind, it's such a battle against a great Thunder team that pushed us to the brink. So you've got to be appreciative of this accomplishment.”

“And I look forward to getting four more wins."

The Warriors opened as a healthy Finals favorite in Las Vegas. According to ESPN’s Basketball Power Index, the team has a 75 percent chance of repeating as world champs.

This is the second time in Warriors history that the team has reached the Finals in consecutive seasons, last doing it in the 1947 and ’48 seasons.

The Finals begin Thursday night at Oracle Arena in Oakland.