Curry keeps Warriors alive

Stephen Curry kept Golden State’s season going Wednesday night, scoring 35 points in a 126-121 play-in win over the Los Angeles Clippers in Inglewood. (nba.com) Curry made seven 3-pointers, scored 27 points after halftime, and hit the go-ahead 3 with 50.4 seconds left as the 10th-seeded Warriors erased a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit. (nba.com) Al Horford added four 3-pointers in the final 5:37, and Golden State closed on a 43-point fourth quarter after trailing 61-53 at halftime. (espn.com.sg) The result sent the ninth-place Clippers out of the postseason and moved Golden State into the final stage of the Western Conference play-in. Under the National Basketball Association’s format, the No. 9-No. 10 winner advances for one more game, while the loser is eliminated. (nba.com) The play-in tournament runs from April 14 through April 17 and decides the seventh and eighth playoff seeds in each conference before the first round begins April 18. Golden State now remains alive for the West’s No. 8 seed. (nba.com) Golden State entered the night as the road team after finishing 37-45, while the Clippers came in at 42-40 and hosted at Intuit Dome. The Warriors were 15-26 away from home in the regular season before Wednesday’s game. (espn.com.sg) The matchup came two days after the Clippers beat the Warriors 115-110 on April 13 in the regular-season finale, a result that helped set the play-in field. Curry scored 35 again in Wednesday’s rematch, but this time Golden State finished the comeback. (espn.ph) Golden State’s next game is Friday, April 17, in the last Western Conference play-in slot for a first-round series against the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder. Curry’s shot gave the Warriors one more game to reach it. (nba.com)