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Golden State's Baron Davis completes a highlight-reel worthy dunk over Utah's Andrei Kirilenko during the Warriors' 125-105 victory Friday.

Derek Fisher, whose daughter’s serious health problems forced his absence from the series until his dramatic return during Game 2, started for Utah but had nine points and no assists before fouling out.

The Warriors blew two late leads in Utah, but were revitalized at home as Davis predicted. Golden State made eight of its first 12 shots before blowing an early 13-point lead — but Williams and Fisher both picked up three fouls in the first half, limiting Utah’s defensive options against Davis.

Golden State gradually built a healthy lead in the second quarter with its outside shot, eventually tying the league record for 3-pointers in a playoff half held by four other teams.

“We got snowballed in the second quarter,” Fisher said.

Notes: Utah G Dee Brown sat out after spraining his neck when Mehmet Okur fell on his head in Game 2. Brown could return Sunday. ... The Jazz went back to the powder-blue uniforms they wore in their Game 7 road victory over the Houston Rockets in the first round. Utah wore its standard dark-blue togs for the first three games in Houston, losing all three. ... The Warriors hadn’t won four home games in the same postseason since 1977.

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