Warriors beat Thunder 122-96; Kevin Durant leads with 39 pts

Kevin Durant Silences Thunder: 39 pts, 7 reb, 7 treys

We know this: Kevin Durant had a special mark on the calendar for his first game with the Warriors against his old team the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Durant and the Warriors started slowly. But after Jerami Grant woke him with a dunk, it was game over.

Jerami Grant posterizes KD & stares him down

Jerami Grant, a third-year forward who only arrived in Oklahoma City himself 2 days ago via trade, dunked on Durant with three minutes to go in the first quarter. Grant bumped chests with KD after landing and stared him down.

Durant commented, “When you get dunked on like that, you want to come back and try to ignite your team. It definitely sparked something in me.”

The OKC Thunder led by as many as 10 points in the first quarter. After the dunk woke up Durant, the Warriors led by 25 points at halftime with KD scoring 29 points. The Warriors led by as many as 31 points before coach Steve Kerr called off the dogs.

Kevin Durant finished with 39 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block (on former teammate Russell Westbrook). KD played 31:08 minutes and was 15 of 24 from the field, 7 of 11 treys, and 2 of 3 from the foul line. His 24 field goal attempts led the team.

Stephen Curry was only 6 of 14 (42.9%) from the field and 2 of 6 treys (33.3%) to add 21 points. Steph led the team in free throw attempts with 8, making 7 (87.%). In 30:03 minutes played, Curry added 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 rebound.

Golden State Warriors Boxscore Statistics

Golden State Warriors Notes

-Golden State improved to 68-1 in the regular season dating back to the 2014-15 campaign when holding opponents to fewer than 100 points.
-Warriors recorded 14 blocks vs OKC, their most in a regular-season game since blocking 14 shots on 2/9/12 at Denver.

Preview: OKC Thunder At Warriors Nov 3, 2016

Kevin Durant vs Russell Westbrook!

The game not only will be the first between former teammates Westbrook and Durant, but also a rematch of Golden State's rally from a 3-1 deficit in last year's playoffs to deny the Thunder a spot in the NBA Finals.

"They're going to want to beat him really bad. He's going to want to beat them really bad," Green said of the Durant and his old mates, who were formally split in July by the Warriors' two-year, $54.3 million offer to the seven-time All-Star. "In turn, we're going to want to beat them really bad because we want him to beat them really bad.

"It'll be a lot of emotions, but it'll be a fun game to play in. It's always a high-intensity game against them, and I expect nothing less."

Oklahoma City Thunder Notes:

After last night’s victory over the Los Angeles Clippers at STAPLES Center, the Thunder improved to 4-0 as Oklahoma City remains the only unbeaten team in the Western Conference (OKC and Cleveland are currently the only two undefeated teams in the NBA). Should OKC win tonight in Golden State, the Thunder would improve to 5-0, equaling the best start for the club during the Oklahoma City era (OKC started the 2011-12 season 5-0).

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Warriors Beat Blazers; Steph Curry leads with 28 pts

Steph Curry explodes for 23 pts in the 3rd quarter

Stephen Curry only played 29:30, but the Golden State Warriors only needed his explosive third quarter to put the Portland Trailblazers away.

Keep calm DubNation. Steph gonna Steph!  The Warriors are starting to look like the juggernaut we expect them to be.

DRAYMOND GREEN: "It was a complete team effort. Everybody was swarming around, getting deflections, cutting off the lane to the rim. We did a lot of things well and I think it was all based on everybody just really flying around and helping each other."

"That was great for us to really come out and put that kind of game together on the defensive end, especially when our defense has been called out -- that there's no anchor and it's not the same and all that -- I think some opinions will change sooner than later. But until then, we'll just keep doing that. And when they change, we'll keep doing that still. It was fun to do that."

Steph Curry Erupts for 23 in the 3rd Quarter

Coach STEVE KERR said, “I told him he looked like Riley Curry in the first half and Steph Curry in the second half.”

Final 📊

Steph - 28p/4r/3a
Ian Clark - 22p (8-8 FG, 3-3 3PT)
KD - 20p/5r/4s
Klay - 14p/5r/4a
Andre - 11p/5r/5a
Draymond - 6p/8r/9a/3s

— GoldenStateWarriors (@warriors) November 2, 2016

Warriors get the win to move to 3-1 on the season 🙃 pic.twitter.com/oVZgpCR8e7

— GoldenStateWarriors (@warriors) November 2, 2016

Game Notes: 

- Andre Iguodala led Dubs in Plus/Minus with +39 in 24:14 minutes: 11 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast, 1 tov, 1pf.
- David West provided quality 10:56 with +27: 4 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 1 blk.
- Kevin Durant led in minutes 30:43 followed by Thomspon 30:13, Green 30;01, Curry 29:30, Clark 25:20, Iguodala 24:14, Pachulia 18:51, Livingston 18:09.
- DNP: Anderson Varejao

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Golden State Warriors Beat Phoenix Suns 106-100

Suns went down in Phoenix courtesy of the Warriors

"The Warriors grinded out their second-straight road victory, defeating the Suns 106-100 in Phoenix on Sunday. Kevin Durant led all scorers with 37 points to go along with five rebounds, four assists and four steals. Stephen Curry added 28 points, including five three-pointers, while Draymond Green filled the stat sheet with five points, 13 rebounds and nine assists. With the victory, Golden State improves to 2-1 on the season." Read more at nba.com/warriors.

Kevin Durant led scoring with 37 points

Kevin Durant: “Just taking what the defense gives me. You play me straight up, I like my chances.” “My guys were setting great screens for me and I was able to get downhill some. We were moving that ball tonight.”

• KD's 37 pts came on 10 of 16 field goal attempts (62.5%), 2 of 4 three point attempts.
• Durant was 15 of 16 at the free throw line.
• KD added five rebounds, four assists and four steals in 37 minutes.
• Durant's 4 steals led the team.
• KD led the team with +/-18.

KD pours in 37 PTs (10-16 FG, 15-16 FTs) as @Warriors earn a 106-100 W over @Suns. Curry scores 28 PTs, Warren w/ 26 PTs for PHX. pic.twitter.com/U3Horf4uHI

— NBA (@NBA) October 31, 2016

Stephen Curry scored the Warriors' first 10 points

• Steph made his first 4 shots; ended the game with 9 of 17 from the field (52.9%).
• He added 1 rebound and 3 assists in 34 minutes for a +/-2.
• Curry made 5 of 8 treys (62.5%).
• Curry was a perfect 5 of 5 from the free throw line.

Stephen Curry is 1st player to score 25 points in 9 straight games vs Suns since Michael Jordan, who did it 21 straight times from 1985-2002 pic.twitter.com/OEBHDqtkr0

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 31, 2016

Draymond Green led the Warriors with 13 rebounds

• Draymond filled the stat sheet with five points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists in 37 minutes.
• Green also had 3 blocks and played his usual tough defense.
• Dray was only 2 of 9 from the field (22.2%) and made 0 of 4 three point attempts.
• He was +/-9.

Draymond Green after #Suns win: 'Teams are trying to punk us' (via @MontePooleCSN) https://t.co/i2T01Lpfdv #NBA #DubNation pic.twitter.com/I9xpzp39Ei

— CSNAuthentic (@CSNAuthentic) October 31, 2016

Klay Thompson led the Warriors with 40 minutes

• Klay had 14 pts on 5 of 15 shots (33.3%), 4 of 5 free throws, 0 of 6 treys.
• He added 6 rebounds, 2 assists & 1 steal.
• Klay was 2nd on the team with a +/-14.

Smooth finish, @klaythompson

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Andre Iguodala led bench with 28 minutes

• Iguodala: 4pts, 4ast, 3reb, 2stl, +/-4.
• Zaza Pachulia: 22min, 10reb, 5pts, 4 ast, 3to, +/-7.
• Ian Clark: team worst +/-10 in 15min.

Steve Kerr: "We had some good individual efforts to help us pull it out but the main thing is while we're going through this early part of the season sorting through rotations and offensively trying to get going, we just have to compete and we'll pick up our share of wins and we'll find our stride eventually."

• Kerr says Warriors 'not clicking' - ESPN (blog) https://t.co/z2jNouVNdJ #dubnation pic.twitter.com/WAq9mnMj7b

— GSW Dubnation (@gswdubnation_) October 31, 2016

Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant combined to go 19-of-33 from the field (58 percent), but the rest of the team only shot 16-of-45 (32 percent).

Work in progress: Warriors wobble ahead behind newcomer - ESPN (blog) https://t.co/URMHwyvcgL #dubnation pic.twitter.com/467DDwAaeA

— GSW Dubnation (@gswdubnation_) October 31, 2016

Steph gonna Steph!

#StephGonnaSteph

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KD x Dray at San Quentin via @warriors pic.twitter.com/TozsQviurh

— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) October 31, 2016

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Lit. #GSWMediaDay

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📸 #GSWMediaDay

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You already know @Money23Green is ready for the season to begin 😎 #GSWMediaDay

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