Golden State Warriors at Oklahoma City Thunder – Western Conference Finals
The Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder series was tied up 1-1. The Western Conference Finals will shift back to the Sooner State for Game 3. The duel between the Golden State Warriors and the Oklahoma City Thunder will take place at 8:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Chesapeake Energy Arena. The game will be broadcast on TNT.
The Oklahoma City Thunder really didn’t do a lot different in their approach to Game 2. The Thunder used their big lineup like in Game 1 for defense, and let their two superstars Westbrook and Durant run the offense. The big difference in this game was Stephen Curry for the Warriors got red hot in the third quarter. He went on a 15-2 run against OKC at Oracle Arena and turned the game into a runaway. The head coach Steve Kerr made the adjustment in Game 2 by using power forward Draymond Green as a free safety instead of a man-to-man defender. The Thunder needs to give Westbrook and Durant more help because they can’t do it all by themselves. The Thunder center Steven Adams had a great game against the Warriors in Game 1, but that came to an end largely because Green was able to sit in the middle of the defense and stop entry passes into the paint off of dribble penetration. The Thunder power forward Kevin Durant looks a little tired from playing so many minutes in the last six games. He turned the ball over eight times in Game 2, and he now has at least five turnovers in six of his last seven games.
The Golden State Warriors didn’t do anything all that different on the offense during Game 2. Stephen Curry scored 28 points, Klay Thompson scored 15, and Green scored 10. The Warriors improved their shooting percentage in Game 2 and shot 50.6 percent from the field and 46.4 percent from 3-point land. During Game 1 they shot 44.0 percent from the field and only 36.7 percent from 3-point land. Top Sports Blog has noticed that the Dubs have done better and have shot 55 percent from the field in big games before. If Curry takes off late in Game 3 we think the Dubs will take over and the Thunder will not recover.
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