Tander sensationally on the road beat the current champion of the NBA “Golden state”.
The first half of the opening match of the final series of the Western conference was held under the scenario of home – “Soldiers” by the efforts of Thompson and Curry in the last three minutes before a big break ring shipped to Oklahoma four long shot. The advantage of the “Golden State” reached 13 points – it seemed that the fate of “Oklahoma” this evening is already a foregone conclusion.
It seems, and the owners themselves too soon came to believe in their invincibility – jerk “Oklahoma” 14:2 by the middle of the third quarter eliminated the gap between “the Golden State”. Soon Curry due to its sniper qualities regained a comfortable advantage, but the activity of Westbrook helped Oklahoma to enter the last quarter just three points behind.
The decisive quarter was a disappointment for the public of Auckland – Golden state scored just 14 points, and a pair of Curry-Thompson implemented during this period only 1 out of 10. And still the hosts had the chance at the score of 101:93 Westbrook and Durant gave a series of seven consecutive misses. In the climax, green, Thompson and Curry to pull his team are unable.
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Golden State — Oklahoma— 102:108 (27:21, 33:26, 28:38, 14:23)
GS: Curry (27 + 10 rebounds + 7 assists + 3 steals + 7 losses), Thompson (25 + 9 rebounds), green (23 + 5 rebounds).
About: Westbrook (27 + 6 rebounds + 12 assists + 7 steals), Kevin Durant (26 + 10 rebounds + 3 steals + 7 losses), Adams (16 + 12 rebounds).
