Los Angeles, April 14
Stephen Curry complemented a game-high 38 points with a career-playoff-high 15 rebounds in a historic performance on Saturday as the Golden State Warriors opened the defence of their NBA title with a 121-104 win over the Los Angeles Clippers in a volatile Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round series in Oakland.
Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is on Monday, with the Warriors, the top seed in the West, once again earning home-court advantage.
The matchup of familiar Pacific Division rivals featured the ejections of the Warriors’ Kevin Durant and Clippers’ Patrick Beverley, each of whom was nailed with a second technical foul for a verbal altercation near midcourt midway through the fourth quarter. Curry’s 38 points included 8-for-12 shooting on 3-pointers on a night when he passed Ray Allen (385) for the NBA all-time career playoff record. Curry finished the game with 386 career threes. — Reuters
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