How the Warriors and Thunder match up
How the Warriors and Thunder match up
Position
Warriors
Edge
Point guard
Stephen Curry made 18 of 40 three-point attempts (45 percent) in three games against OKC this season.
The entire Thunder roster combined to go 20-for-68 (29.4 percent).
Russell Westbrook averaged 25 points per game against the Warriors this season, but the league’s fastest player shot 34.7 percent from the floor and 16.7 percent from three.
Shooting guard
Klay Thompson probably has been the postseason’s best player.
Andre Roberson appears to complete the starting unit.
The OKC starters outscored opponents by 292 points during the regular season, 126 points better than the next-best NBA lineup.
The customary playoff version of Harrison Barnes has yet to appear in 2016.
Kevin Durant averaged 36.3 points, 12 rebounds and 6.3 assists against the Warriors this season, somehow bettering his career splits.
Draymond Green, the heartbeat and voice of the team, is the postseason leader in plus-minus.
The Warriors have outscored opponents by 145 points in his 376 minutes.
Since 2010-11, OKC has gone 237-92 (.720) when Serge Ibaka starts with Durant and Westbrook.
With all three healthy, they haven’t lost a playoff series since the 2012 NBA Finals.
Australian Andrew Bogut left the conference-semifinal-clinching game with a strained right adductor.
New Zealander Steven Adams is averaging 9.9 rebounds and 0.8 of a block in the playoffs, setting the tone for the league’s best rebounding squad.
Andre Iguodala’s defense against Durant will be one of the keys to the series.
Iguodala rose to a similar occasion against LeBron James to earn the 2015 NBA Finals MVP award.
Enes Kanter placed third in the Sixth Man of the Year voting, finishing behind Jamal Crawford and Iguodala.
The center is averaging 11.6 points and 7.3 rebounds per game in the postseason.
The 2015-16 Coach of the Year, Steve Kerr has led the Warriors to a 164-31 (.841) record in two seasons.
Billy Donovan, who coached 19 seasons at Florida, is the only first-year head coach in NBA history to win at least 55 regular-season games after coming directly from the college ranks.