Durant, Curry Spark Warriors Win, Record Win Streak At 14

OAKLAND, United States, June 5, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 05th Jun, 2017 ) - Golden State charged within two triumphs of becoming the first unbeaten NBA playoff champions Sunday by routing reigning trophy-holders Cleveland 132-113 to seize command of the NBA Finals.

Kevin Durant scored a game-high 33 points while Stephen Curry unleashed his first NBA Finals triple double with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists to power the Warriors, who set an playoff win streak record of 14 games.

"We're young. We're hungry. We're playing great basketball," Curry said. "We've got a great opportunity in front of us and we've got to seize it." The Warriors, who welcomed back coach Steve Kerr after he missed 11 games with health issues following 2015 back surgery, grabbed a 2-0 edge in the best-of-seven series, which shifts to Cleveland for games three and four on Wednesday and Friday.

"To see him back on the bench was huge," Curry said. "For him the whole priority was his health and I think he's in a good place right now." Golden State had won a record 73 regular-season games last year and led 2-0 only for Cleveland to make the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history and swipe the title.

So the perfect playoff mark wasn't overly lauded. "It has been a great run, but none of that matters unless we can finish the job," Kerr said. "We know, trust me, we know. It was 2-0 last year and we lost." LeBron James led the Cavaliers with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists to match a record with his eighth career NBA Finals triple double.

Only former Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson had eight prior finals triple doubles. No one else has more than two.