The Golden State Warriors don't lose back-to-back games. At least, that's what this season has taught us.
Entering Wednesday night's Game 2 showdown against the Oklahoma City Thunder having followed every 2015-16 regular-season and postseason loss with a win, the defending champions extended that streak to 12 and evened the Western Conference Finals with a 118-91 triumph at Oracle Arena.
A game after scoring 12 points during a sluggish second-half collapse, Stephen Curry single-handedly put the Thunder away by scoring 17 third-quarter points, including 12 in an 82-second stretch to tilt all of the momentum in Golden State's favor.
The MVP finished with 28 points on 9-of-15 shooting (5-of-8 from three) to lead the Warriors, and he looked exponentially more comfortable as a result of the way Golden State varied its offensive sets to get him more involved, according to ESPN.com's Zach Lowe:
However, Curry didn't do it all by himself.
Andre Iguodala was a spark plug personified on both ends of the ...
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