WARRIORS VS. THUNDER IN 2015-16
The Warriors will face the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBAWestern Conference finals beginning Monday at Oracle Arena. TheWarriors swept the regular-season series 3-0.
Feb. 6 at Oracle Arena: On Super Bowl eve, the Warriors stretched their regular-season home winning streak to 41 by beating the Thunder 116-108, surviving a 40-point, 14-rebound performance by Kevin Durant. Stephen Curry scored 26 points, Harrison Barnes had 19 and Klay Thompson 18 for the Warriors. Golden State improved to 46-4, which matched the best record through 50 games in NBA history, tying the 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers.
Feb. 27 at Chesapeake Energy Arena: In the most scintillating NBA game of the season, Curry scored 46 points and hit an NBA-record-tying 12 3-pointers as the Warriors improbably won in overtime 121-118. TheWarriors trailed by 11 with 4:50 left in regulation and need two free throws by Andre Iguodala with 0.7 seconds left to send it into overtime. The winning shot was a pull-up 37-footer by Curry after the Warriors didn’t call a timeout after Russell Westbrook missed a jumper with eight seconds left and the score tied. March 3 at Oracle Arena: TheWarriors tied the Chicago Bulls’NBA record 44-game home winning streak with their 121-106 triumph. Curry returned to the lineup after missing a game because of an ankle injury and scored 33 points.