Warriors seal Finals spot

First team in NBA history to start the post-season 12-0

May 23, 2017 10:21 pm | Updated 10:21 pm IST - SAN ANTONIO

Brooking no challenge: Stephen Curry, left, led Golden State Warriors’ charge against San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.

Brooking no challenge: Stephen Curry, left, led Golden State Warriors’ charge against San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.

Stephen Curry scored 36 points and Kevin Durant added 29 points and 12 rebounds as Golden State Warriors strolled to a 129-115 win over San Antonio Spurs on Monday to complete a four-game sweep of the Western Conference Finals (WCF).

Warriors move on to play either the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers, in a repeat of last year’s title series, or Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. Cavaliers currently lead the Eastern Conference finals 2-1.

Warriors will have nine days of rest ahead of that series, which begins in Oakland, California on June 1.

Warriors have swept all three of its playoff series and is the first team in NBA history to start the post-season 12-0, eclipsing the record established by the 1989 and 2001 Los Angeles Lakers.

Warriors have won 27 of their past 28 overall games (including the regular season) and have won six straight road playoff games, a franchise record.

Draymond Green added 16 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for Warriors in the easy win at the AT&T Centre. Ian Clark tallied 12 points and Klay Thompson scored 10 points (on 3-of-13 shooting) for Warriors.

Warriors outshot Spurs 55.8% to 42.3%, had 53 rebounds to Spurs’ 41 and dominated despite 17 turnovers that led to 22 Spurs’ points.

Kyle Anderson led Spurs with 20 points while Manu Ginobili added 15, Patty Mills and Pau Gasol hit for 14 each and Jonathon Simmons scored 13.

LaMarcus Aldridge, arguably Spurs’ most important player after injured star forward Kawhi Leonard, scored just eight points and did not play in the fourth quarter.

The result: Warriors 129 (Green 16, Durant 29, Curry 36, Thompson 10, Clark 12) bt Spurs 115 (Mills 14, Ginobili 15, Simmons 13, Gasol 14, Anderson 20). Warriors win WCF 4-0 .

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