Oklahoma City emerged with a 108-102 Game 1 victory in Golden State.
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Game 2 is scheduled for Wednesday night in Oakland, where the Warriors absorbed their first loss of the postseason Monday.
“I didn’t talk to the refs about it”, he said. Westbrook also had 12 assists and seven steals in the opener of the Thunder’s fourth West finals in six years. “We’d like to win Game 2”. If this one was any kind of preview of what is coming, this should be a dandy of a series between the NBA’s highest-scoring teams from the regular season. San Antonio entered the postseason with a 41-1 home record, yet Oklahoma City managed to escape with two road wins. Kevin Durant finished with 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 assists. Second year player Andre Roberson showed an ability to contribute in the closing game of Spurs series, he can shoot the ball and put some points on the board. Then don’t go anywhere, because we’ve got you covered on all things NBA Playoffs live stream.
“It’s a long series”, Curry said. “Defensively we were getting enough stops and rebounds. We’ve just been able to handle our business, but no special formula”.
The visitors received a fortunate call when Westbrook avoided being called for traveling at 105-102 with 17 seconds remaining, and three more points sealed the win as time ran out for the Warriors. Oklahoma City is special because their two dynamos can attack defenses from anywhere on the court. Westbrook sealed the win with free throws as Curry missed his final three shots. “And that had a lot to do with the quick shots”.
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry shoots the basketball against Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum.
The first quarter got off to a relatively slow start for both teams, as there were many bodies hitting the floor and tough baskets being made. His jumper with 5:03 left pulled Oklahoma City to 73-68 before Thompson answered two possessions later. Westbrook was controlling the game as he had in the third. I love what OKC has matured into, but just as the Warriors took a title from LeBron James last season, they’ll take it from Westbrook and Durant this year. Trainers checked Westbrook’s mouth.
Meanwhile, the Warriors managed to go 3-0 against the Thunder in the regular season, and Curry is not showing any rust after his time away from the court. Warriors PG Stephen Curry and SG Klay Thompson combined to average a league-best 52.2 points during the regular season.
Kerr said he doesn’t emphasize anything special in Game 1, however. “It will be a different situation for us to try to bounce back at this point in the series having a deficit”. The knee still isn’t 100 percent, but Curry said it’s simply a matter of pain tolerance that he can handle.
It wasn’t the number of turnovers – 14, right in line with their playoff average of 13.5 – that was necessarily egregious, but the sloppiness and the timing of them killed the Warriors.
It’ll be wise to get used to it, though, because all four scheduled home games this round for the Warriors are at 6 p.m.
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With the only injury concern belonging to the big man from our shores in Bogut, the Warriors come in extremely formidable and will like their chances against the Thunder after winning the season series 3-0.
