The Golden State Warriors finally looked familiar in a glorious, game-shifting, season-salvaging stretch—one that secured a seemingly impossible 108-101 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals.
Better late than never.
OKC's late-stage collapse, compounded by a vintage (but heretofore absent) Warriors closing surge, means the Thunder must return to Oakland for Game 7 without their most valuable commodity: momentum.
The Thunder spent the first three quarters of Saturday's epic clash doing what they'd done for most of the series. They doused Golden State's sparks, keeping the league's best offense from igniting and answering seemingly every Warriors run with counter-streaks of their own.
As has been the case throughout the matchup, Oklahoma City's defensive length bothered the Warriors. The following second-quarter possession was an example of that, as Andre Roberson refused to let Klay Thompson get the ball, and rangy help everywhere else forced a shot-clock violation:
Role-fillers like Roberson continued making impacts and promptin ...
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Warriors Do the Impossible, Get Momentum Back for Game 7
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