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NBA playoffs 2017: Warriors set NBA record with 11 straight wins to start postseason

Kevin Durant may have just scored the quietest 33 points of his career Saturday night, but no matter how tranquil his 11-of-19 shooting night was the Warriors came away with an emphatic 120-108 victory over the Spurs.
The win gives the Warriors a commanding 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals and sets an NBA record with 11 straight wins to start the postseason.
The crazy thing was the Warriors didn't do anything outlandish in the win. They shot 54 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range and their 120 points was one of their lower scoring nights on the season. Every time the Spurs would cut into the Warriors' lead, or even build a lead of their own, the Warriors would go on a bigger run of their own.
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Golden State went on three separate big runs in each of the second, third and fourth quarters that put the Spurs on their heels. The Warriors went on runs of 12-0, 11-2 and 10-0 in the victory.
“We just kept playing,” Durant said to ESPN’s Doris Burke after the game. “We took the punch in the first quarter, we got up a little bit and then relaxed, and this team they play extremely hard for 48 minutes, so we can’t be lackadaisical with the ball, we can’t shoot bad shots, we can’t not rebound the ball. They come on the offensive glass, so we’ve just to to be a little bit sharper and I think we did that through spurts in the game especially when they made their run.”
Durant led all scorers with 33 points but only two other players for either team finished with at least 20 points in the game. Stephen Curry finished with 21 for the Warriors while Manu Ginobili had 21 points off of the bench for the Spurs.
Golden State now turns their attention to Monday night where they have the chance to close out the Spurs on their home court and go into the NBA Finals with a 10-day layoff and a perfect 12-0 postseason record.
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If you didn't know who Davis Bertans was before Saturday night you will at least remember it after this.
Davis Bertans from out of nowhere! https://t.co/sQOXQBsmbI pic.twitter.com/DVp6t2FJAb— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) May 21, 2017
Monday's game to watch
Golden State at San Antonio, 9 p.m. ET — The Warriors and Spurs will face off for two things: one, the Warriors will try to remain undefeated in the postseason, and two, the Spurs will be fighting for their postseason lives. The question is will San Antonio head coach Gregg Popovich play MVP candidate Kawhi Leonard in Game 4 even though the series is all but decided? If he plays and injures himself worse that could have effects far beyond this season.
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