The victor of tomorrow’s (HK time) decider in Oakland will advance to the NBA Finals against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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“This game was probably the hardest of our lives”, Curry said. “That’s all we could ask for”.
Thompson outscored the whole Thunders team in the fourth quarter, scoring 19 points to their 18 points.
“Feels good to own a record, but it will feel much better if we close them out on Monday”, he said of the Thunder.
Durant finished with 29 points on 10-of-31 shooting and seven rebounds, and Westbrook added with 28 points on 10-of-27 shooting with 11 assists and nine rebounds. Kevin Durant led Oklahoma City with 29 points, seven rebounds, three steals and two blocks.
Klay Thompson described his emotions as “anxiousness” with “obviously some excitement”.
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“But we’ve got to really be prepared for anything”.
Although the Thunder led for most of the game, they were never able to fully separate to get a comfortable lead.
The Thunder led 23-20 after one quarter, then seized momentum early in the second.
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In games three and four, the Thunder built a double-digit lead in the second quarter on their way to blowout wins.
“To be in this situation – people were doubting us”, Green told reporters. Going back home, everybody will think, ‘Oh, it’s done’. We’d like to come out of the gates strong. The victor of Monday’s game will be booking an NBA Finals showdown with the Eastern Conference champions Cleveland Cavaliers, who defeated the Toronto Raptors in six games. “It’s just a matter of us going out there and playing with extreme effort and leaving it all out there and feeling confident that we can go in there and get this done”.
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Andrew Bogut and Steven Adams are taking different approaches to the final, National Basketball Association sudden death playoff battle between the Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder won Game 3 133-105, tying a franchise record for points scored in a playoff game. They’ll try to become the 10th team to overcome a 3-1 deficit and earn the right to play Cleveland in the NBA Finals. “So we can’t expect just because we’re at home that we can just show up and win”.
