The Warriors won at home by 9pts to avoid elimination and force a game 6 vs the Thunder. Warrior's coach Steve Kerr changed to a bigger lineup by playing Andrew Bogut for 17min in the 1st half, and he was able to limit the Thunder to 5-of-20 shooting in the paint in the first half. He also scored a playoff career high 15pts and had 14reb. Durant had a game-high 40pts and Thompson had 27pts. Westbrook and Curry had similar stat lines with 31pts, 7reb and 5stls each, with Westbrook having 8 assists with 7 turnovers and Curry 6 assists with 5 turnovers. The Warriors had a narrow 4pt lead going into the 4th quarter, then outscored the Thunder 39-34 to finish the game. With 1:23 left and the Thunder down by 8, Curry stripped the ball from Durant, then drove the lane switching hands in mid-air for the made layup plus a foul for a 3pt play, then yelled "We're not going home!" to the home crowd. With the Warriors up 114-103 with 50sec left, Durant was fouled shooting a 3-pter and made all 3 free throws. Curry was then triple-teamed as he crossed the half-court and Westbrook stole the ball and made a 2pt shot whilst being fouled with 40sec left to cut the lead to 6. Westbrook missed his free throw and got the offensive rebound, but Durant missed a 3 with 35sec left that could have brought the Thunder to within 3. The Warriors made 6 consecutive free throws to ice the game, and will face the Thunder back in OKC for game 6.
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