NBA Playoff Schedule 2016: TV Info, Predictions for Warriors vs. Thunder Game 3

After trading victories in Oakland, the Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder will shift venues for Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals.

Anyone who penciled the Warriors into the NBA Finals was forced to reconsider when the Thunder handed them their third home loss this year to open the series. Before the hot takes could burn, Golden State returned the favor with a 118-91 victory behind 28 points from Stephen Curry.

Did the greatest regular-season team in NBA history re-establish normalcy, or will this showdown swing its way to seven games? Hoops fans can at least use one competitive series this round, and the Thunder already have a triumph over the 67-win San Antonio Spurs under their belt.

Following a three-day break, the Warriors and Thunder resume play on Sunday night.

Game 3 Preview

Following Game 1’s embarrassing second-half stumble, the Warriors delivered an eye for an eye on Wednesday night. According to ESPN Stats & Info, they reversed the first contest’s outcome to their benefit:

Warriors: outscored Thunder 61-42 in 2nd half of Game 2 (Thunder outscored Warriors 61-42 in 2nd half of Game 1)

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 19, 2016

Both sides were engaging in another close battle before the MVP collected 15 points in two minutes. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has become accustomed to these otherworldly scoring outbursts, so he didn’t make a big deal of the sizzling stretch.

“Business as usual,” Kerr said after the game, per USA Today’s Sam Amick. “This is what he …

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