Oakland, California – Oracle Arena – Battle for Kevin Durant and his former team lead by Westbrook (Oklahoma Thunder).
Kevin Durant stop the raging Thunder lead by Westbrook into a blowout win (122-96) in a sold out crowd in Oracle, Arena.
Oklahoma lead early in the game and Warriors head coach (Steve Kerr) got frustrated on a non foul call on Curry’s 3 point attempt against 2 Thunder defender, Kerr earned his technical under 8:34 early in the first period while his team only down by (10-5).
Kevin Durant finished with 39pts and Stephen Curry added with 21pts in a blowout win against Thunder. Reuters
Oklahoma Thunder ignited after that technical foul of Kerr and went a series of run, Thunder leads as much as 10pts (29-19) after a dunk by Jerami Grant under 3 minutes to play. But Durant on the other end ignited and lead the Warriors to pushed (12-3) run to trim the lead by only (32-31) to end the first period.
David West continued Warriors run and open with a lay-up to regain the lead (33-32) in the second quarter. While Westbrook is on the bench, Warriors demolished the Thunder lead by Kevin Durant. Warriors never look back again the visiting team as they continue their run and the lead is ballooned to 25pts (43-68) going into the break. Kevin Durant, who is 75% (6-8) shooting in the 3point area in the first half, lead the Warriors with 29pts.
The lead by the Warriors balloon again to 28pts (98-70) going to the final quarter. But Westbrook failed to answer as the Warriors got the highest lead with 31pts (109-78) with 6:25 minutes remaining.
Kevin Durant finished with 39pts also Splash Brothers combined with 39pts.
Victor Oladipo lead the Thunder with 21pts, while Wesbrook who average 37.8pts, 10.5rebounds and 10 assists in the first 4 games, still finished with double-double with 20pts, 6rebounds and 10 assists.
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