Stephen Curry Leads Warriors Romp Past Pelicans

Stephen Curry sparked a third quarter surge as the Golden State Warriors wrapped up a series victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday to advance to the NBA Western Conference finals.

Los Angeles, May 9 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th May, 2018 ) :Stephen Curry sparked a third quarter surge as the Golden State Warriors wrapped up a series victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday to advance to the NBA Western Conference finals.

Curry finished with 28 points as the reigning NBA champions ran out 113-104 winners to complete a 4-1 series victory and set up a showdown with the top-seeded Houston Rockets. Kevin Durant had 24 points while Klay Thompson added 23 points.

Draymond Green had 19 points with 14 rebounds and nine assists. New Orleans, who had prevented a clean sweep with a victory in game four on Sunday, had produced a battling first half performance to trail by only 59-56 at the break.

But with Curry to the fore, the Warriors exploded with a devastating burst of scoring early in the third period that the Pelicans had no response to. Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant and Curry were all involved, and suddenly Golden State had taken a double-digit lead.

Curry found his touch from long range to drain a couple of majestic three-pointers, including one effort which dropped in to make it 81-60. With the home crowd at the Oracle Arena roaring them on, it looked as if the only question would be the size of the Golden State victory margin.

The Warriors had stretched their lead to 26 points at one stage of the third, and closed out the quarter leading by 20 at 95-75.