Golden State Reach NBA Finals With Victory Over Thunder (Game 7 Highlights)

Splash Brothers Curry and Klay Thompson carried the 73-win Warriors right back to the NBA Finals, as Golden State beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 96-88 on Monday night in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals, completing the rally from a 3-1 series deficit.

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The MVP scored 36 points with seven 3-pointers to finish with an NBA-record 32 in a seven-game series, and he added eight assists.

 

Thompson added 21 points and six 3s, two days after his record 11 3-pointers led a Game 6 comeback that sent the series home to raucous Oracle Arena for one more.

Game 1 is Thursday night in Oakland.

Golden State Reach NBA Finals With Victory Over Thunder (Game 7 Highlights)

Golden State Equal Series With Victory Over Thunder ( Game 6 Highlights)

Klay Thompson 41 points led the Warriors to a crucial 108-101 win that saved their season and allowed them to force a Game 7 at home.

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Thompson wasn’t just good. Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Curry and Green were on the court in one of the biggest games of the year and it was Thompson who made the biggest impact. His 41 points are the most in an elimination game since LeBron James had 45 against the Celtics in the 2012 Eastern Conference finals and he broke a playoff record by hitting 11 three-pointers.

Klay Thompson is easy to overlook, especially because he plays for the Warriors. Stephen Curry does awe-inspiring things on a nightly basis. Draymond Green is both supremely talented and unabashedly loud. While they seem to enjoy the spotlight, Thompson appears to be more comfortable in the shadows off the court and has no problem doing thankless jobs on it. He might be one of the most underrated stars in the game because of it.

Golden State Equal Series With Victory Over Thunder ( Game 6 Highlights)

Golden State Keeps Its Season Alive With Victory Over Thunder (Highlights)

Golden State is alive. The Warriors still trail 3-2 in the series, but a 120-111 win against the Thunder on Thursday will extend their incredible season, keeping afloat the idea that they still could come back and overcome Oklahoma City despite trailing by two games.

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The Warriors had to start better than the previous two blowouts in Games 3 and 4, not only to avoid falling behind early, but to prove to themselves that they weren’t the team that showed up in Oklahoma City. They did that, going up 22-12 late in the first quarter, a quick double-digit advantage, before ending the quarter with a 25-21 advantage.

Stephen Curry and Draymond Green both regained their composure after two full games questioning them, their health and their decision making.

 

For Curry, it happened in the second quarter, when he dropped a quick seven points in less than a minute, including beating three defenders for a layup.

Golden State Keeps Its Season Alive With Victory Over Thunder (Highlights)

The Mighty Thunder Strikes The Warriors Into Panic (Game 3 Highlights)

Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook combined for 63 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 133-105 rout of the Golden State Warriors to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference finals.

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The Thunder led by 25 points at halftime, following up a postseason-high 72 points in the first two quarters by piling on 45 in the third quarter and never looking back in a dominating Game 3 win Sunday.

Durant finished with a game-high 33 points and eight rebounds and Westbrook came two rebounds shy of a triple-double with 30 points, 12 assists and eight boards as both enjoyed the fourth quarter from the bench.

The Thunder are now 5-0 in the postseason when Durant scores 30 or more.

Oklahoma City owned the game in every facet Sunday, shooting 50 percent from the field (60 percent through three quarters), finishing plus-14 on the glass (52-38), knocking down 14 more free throws than Golden State, and outscoring the Warriors 29-13 in fast break points and 62-44 in the paint.

Stephen Curry scored 24 points and Klay Thompson had 18 for the Warriors, who shot just 41 percent (38 of 92) from the floor and 30 percent from three-point range (10 of 33) Sunday. Curry and Thompson were a combined 5 of 19 from long range.

Draymond Green finished with just six points on 1 for 9 from the field.

Golden State’s 41-point deficit in the second half was its largest of the season.

Game 4 is Tuesday in Oklahoma C

The Mighty Thunder Strikes The Warriors Into Panic (Game 3 Highlights)

Warriors Bounce Back To Defeat Thunders In Game 2 (Highlights)

Stephen Curry took over in the third quarter and the Golden State Warriors pulled away for a 118-91 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals on Wednesday night.

The series is now tied, 1-1, after two contests at Oracle Arena.

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Curry has largely been held in check during this series, but he went off for 15 points in a two-minute stretch in the second half that turned the game into a rout. The Warriors went up 20 thanks to Curry’s outburst and didn’t have much trouble closing the game out from there.

One of the keys for OKC in Game 1 was preventing the Warriors, and Curry in particular, from getting hot and racking up points in a hurry. That’s precisely what happened in the middle of the third period, and once it was over, the Thunder were in need of a miracle to rally in one of the NBA’s toughest arena

Warriors Bounce Back To Defeat Thunders In Game 2 (Highlights)

Thunder Beat Warriors To Take Lead In NBA Western Conf. Finals (Game 1 Highlights)

Oklahoma City Thunder Russell Westbrook scored 24 of his game-high 27 points in the second half to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 108-102 win over the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals Monday.

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The Thunder trailed by 13 at the half, but outscored the Warriors 61-42 in the third and fourth quarters to steal home-court advantage.

Kevin Durant hit a key jumper late and finished with 26 points for OKC, which held Golden State to just 14 points on 6 of 23 from the field in the final 12 minutes. Westbrook, who scored 19 points in the third, added 12 assists, seven steals and six rebounds.

Stephen Curry led the Warriors, who lost just two games at home all season, with 26 points. Klay Thompson added 25 and Draymond Green had 23.

The Thunder racked up 10 turnovers in the first half, leading to 15 points for the Warriors, but Oklahoma City took much better care of the ball after the break, recording just two turnovers in the final 24 minutes of the game.

Thunder Beat Warriors To Take Lead In NBA Western Conf. Finals (Game 1 Highlights)