The Game 7 victor advances to the NBA Finals to meet the LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are the Eastern Conference champions.
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Kevin Durant scored 29 points but in 10-of-31 shooting, and with no points and three turnovers in the last three minutes. But Durant made just 10 of 31 shots and Westbrook was 10 of 27.
Curry, who became the first unanimous victor of the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award when he picked up the highest individual honor for a second straight season, lost his only previous appearance in a Game Seven in 2014. Their dominance in the first 45 minutes were not translated into maintaining their poise at the latter part of the game. But a stunning Warriors comeback win got the entire basketball world into ecstatic frenzy as people took to Twitter to weigh in their thoughts on what can be easily considered as one of the most exciting games in the playoffs.
The Cleveland Cavaliers await the victor of Monday night’s Game 7 in the NBA Finals.
The difference in the game proved to be from the 3-point-line, where Thompson made 11-of-18 triples and Golden State as a team made an astounding 21-of-44 from downtown.
“It’s going to be a hard game”, Curry said.
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Meanwhile, TNT stated that the coverage of Golden State’s Game 6 win over OKC also elicited a season-high 7.9 household overnight rating, making it the highest-rated playoff game in the 2015-16 season, San Jose Mercury News reported. The Warriors may have the advantage but the Thunder have the ability to topple their opponents.
