Really, though, I’d like to break down what’s happening up there. Have you ever played an intramural sport? I played intramural basketball ONE TIME. I got distracted watching the other coeds ...

After the service, Moses shifts the mood and spins into a breakdance before picking up a guitar to play. The inmates clap and cheer. The video, posted four months ago, has 40,000 views.

It was the trio of their budding young players — Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody and Trayce Jackson-Davis — who led the Warriors’ fourth-quarter rally that fell short. Kuminga, who remained on ...