That said, throughout the course of the game (even in moments when OKC clearly had the upper hand) the Warriors were never completely out of the running.
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Oklahoma City has to put this game behind them especially Russell Westbrook as he turned the basketball over 4 times in the final 2 minutes of the game after only having one the first 3 quarters of Game 6.
Thompson opened the second half with back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Warriors a 54-53 edge, but the Thunder closed the quarter strong and led 83-75 heading into the fourth.
But there was just too much at the end in Game 6 from Thompson and Stephen Curry, who scored 29 points. Klay Thompson and reigning MVP Steph Curry combined for 70 points on 17 made three-pointers.
“Obviously, Klay Thompson was ridiculous”, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. Last night, Thompson landed 11 from beyond the arc to break the record for the number of shots from downtown landed in a playoff game. He finished with a game high 41.
It will be the first Game 7 for both the top-seeded Warriors and the third-seeded Thunder this postseason.
The Cleveland Cavaliers await the victor of Monday’s game seven at the Oracle Arena in the NBA Finals.
“If we walk in here like it’s a funeral, then we already lost”, Durant said via the Norman Transcript’s Fred Katz about his team’s practice on Sunday.
The Warriors are trying to become the 10th team ever to come back from a 3-1 deficit.
Draymond Green was the lone Warrior (14 points, 12 rebounds) to join Curry and Thompson in double-digits. But while I do believe it’s more in their hands than in the Warriors hands, it won’t be surprising to see the game 6 blow too hard for them to overcome.
“Obviously, the one where it’s tied and he comes down and knocks down a 3 in transition, that was huge”. After Game 5, Westbrook had laughed when Durant was asked whether Curry was an underrated defender.
“That’s just why they have been winning 73 games”, Donovan said. “They made big plays coming down the stretch and coming down the stretch we got a little stagnant”.
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“We can’t hang our heads. We’ve got a great opportunity”. He tallied six points, four rebounds and two assists in the first quarter alone.
