Warriors rally past Clippers

Golden State beat the Los Angeles Clippers 126-121 on Wednesday, April 15, after trailing by 13 points in the fourth quarter and moved on in the Western Conference play-in. (espn.com) Stephen Curry scored 35 points, with 27 of them coming after halftime, and Al Horford added four three-pointers as Golden State closed the game with a 43-point fourth quarter. (apnews.com) The Clippers led 107-94 early in the final period before Golden State flipped the game, 126-121, inside Intuit Dome in Inglewood. (espn.com) The National Basketball Association play-in gives the teams that finish seventh through 10th a last route into the playoffs. In the 9-versus-10 game, the winner stays alive and the loser is out. (nba.com) That made Wednesday a season-ender for the Clippers, who finished 42-40 in the regular season, and a reprieve for a Warriors team that finished 37-45. (espn.com) The result also set up another elimination game for Golden State on Friday, April 17, with the winner taking the West's No. 8 seed. The National Basketball Association said the play-in runs from April 14 through April 17, before the playoffs open April 18. (nba.com) The comeback fit the shape of Golden State's season: uneven over 82 games, then carried by Curry late when one loss would have ended it. The Athletic called it a night when Curry "answered the moment" as the Warriors kept their season going. (nytimes.com) Curry's go-ahead three-pointer sent him falling into the crowd, and the Warriors walked off with one more game left to save their year. (espn.com)