HOUSTON — The soul of the Warriors’ dynasty will be alive and worth celebrating as long as Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, and Steve Kerr say and believe it is.The heart of the Warriors’ dynasty will be the engine to drive epic Game 7 victories on the road as long as they stay together and continue to motivate and elevate their teammates.And the brains and willpower of the Warriors’ dynasty — with a super-charge from Jimmy Butler this postseason — summoned something absolutely special on Sunday in a 103-89 do-or-die victory at Toyota Center that moved the Warriors into the second round against the Minnesota Timberwolves.The Warriors expect to do this stuff. They might keep doing this stuff for quite a while longer. They might not win a fifth championship of this era, but this is still the kind of thing that dynasties do and keep doing. And every time the Warriors do it, everybody should remember that nobody else does things like this so often and so proudly.“I felt great coming into this game,” Kerr told me after his postgame presser. “I told everybody around me: ‘We’re going to win the game,’ I just felt it. And the reason is Jimmy, Steph, Draymond.”The Warriors love these moments — just like they loved their first run to a title in 2015, their dominant stretch with Kevin Durant after that, and the fight to their fourth title three years ago. They love thinking and fighting through a tough playoff series, and the Warriors sure had to think through this one after kicking away a 3-1 lead and facing this game against the young and hungry Rockets.

Draymond faced the moment by blaming himself in a team meeting on Saturday night and saying he’d be a better, calmer leader in Game 7. Curry faced it by committing to take better care of the ball, flying for every loose ball, and happily taking a back seat in the scoring load in a very efficient Warriors first half. Butler faced it by telling the team that he needed to make everybody feel more comfortable on the court. And Kerr faced it by sticking with Buddy Hield in the starting lineup after a 0-point outing on Friday and engaging Draymond in a long and mostly one-way conversation during Sunday morning’s shootaround when he told Draymond exactly what the team needed from him.