Staying Alive: Klay Thompson’s sharp-shooting saves Golden State’s season as Warriors take it to the wire

Warriors guard makes a play-off-record 11 3-pointers and scores 41 points as the defending champions Golden State Warriors force a seventh game

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Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson scores over Oklahoma City Thunder during a scoring rampage that set the Warriors on the way to a clutch victory. Photo: USA Today

Published: 12:16pm, 29 May 2016Updated: 1:15pm, 29 May 2016

Klay Thompson made a play-off-record 11 3-pointers and scored 41 points, and the defending champions Golden State Warriors forced a seventh game in the western conference finals with a 108-101 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.

I just so proud of everybody, man. We were down almost the whole game and we never gave up

Klay Thompson

Stephen Curry bounced back from a slow start to finish with 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.

The Warriors, who set the league’s regular-season record with 73 wins, will host game seven on Tuesday morning (Hong Kong time). The winner will play Cleveland in the NBA Finals.

“I just so proud of everybody, man,” Thompson said. “We were down almost the whole game and we never gave up.”

Oklahoma City dominated games three and four at home, but the Warriors made 21 of 44 3-pointers on Saturday, while Oklahoma City were 3 of 23.

Warriors guard Thompson was the hero for the defending champions. Photo: USA Today

“About time we had a stretch in this building where we imposed our will,” Curry said.

Kevin Durant scored 29 points and Russell Westbrook added 28 for the Thunder. But Durant made just 10 of 31 shots and Westbrook was 10 of 27.