OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Stephen Curry had 28 points, Kevin Durant scored 24 and the Golden State Warriors advanced to the Western Conference finals by dismantling Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans 113-104 in Game 5 of Tuesday night.
Klay Thompson added 23 points for the Warriors, who with a 15th straight home playoff win tied Chicago for an NBA record. The Bulls did so from April 27, 1990, to May 21, 1991.
The Warriors advance to play the top-seeded Houston Rockets in what has long been an anticipated Western Conference finals matchup – with a Finals feel, perhaps – and one Golden State will start on the road Monday night. The teams didn’t meet during the 2017 postseason, but the Warriors won a five-game series in the first round of the 2016 playoffs. Houston eliminated Utah in its Game 5 earlier Tuesday.
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Stephen Curry anoto 28 puntos, Kevin Durant 24 y los Golden State Warriors avanzaron a la final de la Conferencia del Oeste, desmantelando a Anthony Davis y los Pelicans de New Orleans con victoria de 113-104 en el quinto partido de la serie, el martes en la noche.
Klay Thompson aporto otros 23 puntos por los Warriors, que consiguieron su victoria numero 15 en playoffs en casa, en forma consecutiva, igualando la marca de la NBA de Chicago Bulls, lograda entre abril 27 de 1990 y mayo 21 de 1991.
Los Warriors disputaran la final frente al primer clasificado del oeste, Rockets de Houston, en una larga anticipada final de conferencia. Golden State arrancará de visitante el lunes en la noche. estos equipos no se enfrentaron durante la postemporada del 2017, pero los Warriors han ganado 5 partidos consecutivos en sus series de playoffs en el 2016. Houston eliminó también en 5 partidos a Utah Jazz el martes.
HOUSTON (AP) Chris Paul didn’t want to talk about his postseason failures, not after Houston’s win Tuesday over Utah finally got him into the Western Conference finals.
»For us it was just … they were in the way,» Paul said. »So we were just trying to get another win.»
His Rockets teammates saw it a little differently. They were eager to talk about Paul’s dominant performance, including a playoff career-high 41 points, in a 112-102 victory in Game 5 that eliminated the Jazz.
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