Bring on Game 7: Klay Thompson, Warriors deliver clutch win in OKC

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OKLAHOMA CITY — With an incredible 108-101 comeback victory on the road Saturday night, the Golden State Warriors clawed their way out of the grave to force a Game 7. It was a game the Oklahoma City Thunder controlled until the Warriors slowly, relentlessly turned what looked like an inexorable tide. It was probably the best offensive performance of Klay Thompson’s life, maybe the best defensive performance of Andre Iguodala’s life, capped by a dagger from one Stephen Curry.

Chesapeake Energy Arena has a way of galvanizing an already energetic Thunder team. Combined, they’re a force of nature, an onslaught of noise and speed. So the Warriors were just trying to survive, by hook or by crook. They began the game by warming up on the opposite basket from Games 3 and 4. According to Warriors coach Steve Kerr, it was to help their coaches communicate with the offense in the second half. It also seemed like the kind of gambit one just tries, in hopes that something might change fate. Or, as Kerr sarcastically put it in pregame: “It’s going to change everything.”

Klay Thompson hit an NBA-record 11 3-pointers as he and the Warriors forced a Game 7 in the Western Conference finals. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH

What didn’t change for Golden State was a second quarter that started disastrously. After keeping things close during an offensively stagnant first stanza (in which Curry scored nary a point), Kerr rested his Big 3 for …

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