A Summary Of Oklahoma City Thunder

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It’s raining threes… Stephen Curry erupted with 46 big points and connected 12 three-pointers; including the last shot he fired from way, way downtown to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder with a 121-118 overtime win at the Chesapeake Energy Arena on Saturday night.
The league’s scoring leader and incumbent Most Valuable Player released a three-point shot from beyond 30 feet far from the rim with 0.6 ticks left in the game clock of the overtime period that went in and sealed the Golden States Warriors 53rd victory in 58 games played this season.
"Honestly, I don't know exactly where I am, so it's not like I'm calibrating in my head, all right, 38 feet, 37, 36," Curry, who tied the NBA single-game record of three-pointers made. said. "Just literally,

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