"Strength in Numbers," that has been the Golden State Warriors' battle cry for these playoffs, and on a night when league MVP Stephen Curry shot just 33 percent from the field, and will fellow Splash Brother Klay Thompson playing just 22 minutes due to foul trouble, and later dealing with a head injury, another Warrior stepped up big in the fourth quarter to being the team to their first Finals appeared in 40 years.

Harrison Barnes scored 24 points, including 13 in the final quarter to carry the Warriors to a 104-90 Game 5 win over the Houston Rockets despite barely shooting 40 percent from the field as a team.

The Warriors last made the Finals in 1975, when Rick Barry gave the franchise its first and only championship since moving to Oakland. They now take on the Cleveland Cavaliers for Game 1 of the 2015 NBA Finals next week, Thursday, June 4 at the Oracle Arena.

It's been a dream season for the Warriors. After replacing Mark Jackson with first-year head coach Steve Kerr, the Dubs ran roughshod through the season winning 67 games and claiming the best overall record in the league.

Klay Thompson became one of the best two-way shooting guards in the league on his way to his first All-Star selection. Draymond Green established himself as one of the most versatile players in the league, and lined himself up for a max contract this offseason when he becomes a free agent. And of course, there's Curry's magical MVP season, with all the highlights and record setting performances.

The Warriors have never looked to be in any kind of danger so far in the playoffs save for being down 2-1 in the second round against the Memphis Grizzlies"”a series in which they won the last three games after getting behind.

They will face the best player in the world in the Finals, but if they're able to live by their mantra "Strength in Numbers," that may not matter.