Steph Curry, Warriors Reflect on Legendary 2016 NBA Regular Season Game vs. Durant, Thunder in Video
Golden State Warriors stars Stephen Curry and Draymond Green reflected on a legendary regular-season game from their historic 2015-16 campaign in a video released Friday by the NBA.
In 38 Feet Deep | The Greatest Regular-Season Game in NBA History, Curry and Green joined head coach Steve Kerr and former Warriors star Andre Iguodala in reflecting on the Warriors' 121-118 overtime win against Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Feb. 27, 2016.
The Warriors clinched a playoff spot with the win, which took the team one step closer to setting an NBA record for the league's best-ever regular season.
It wasn't an easy victory. The Warriors lost Curry for part of the third quarter after the Thunder's Russell Westbrook stepped on his ankle. He returned, but Kevin Durant made a three-pointer with 14.5 seconds left in regulation to get the Thunder up by four points.
Getting to overtime required late-game heroics from Klay Thompson, who got the Warriors without two, and then Iguodala, who sent the game to overtime with a pair of game-tying free throws.
"He's not a great foul shooter. He's a good foul shooter. But that's the ultimate pressure right there... for him to knock down two with the game on the line was just amazing," Kerr said about Iguodala.
Durant fouled out early in overtime, although the Thunder managed to keep the score tied until Curry sunk a three-pointer from about 38 feet out with less than a second left on the clock.
The moment was made infamous by the call from play-by-play announcer Mike Breen, who doubled his usual shout of "Bang" when Curry's shot went in.
"That was the first double bang, and it wasn't pre-planned. It just came out. I lost my mind," Breen laughed.
The video was released on the ten-year anniversary of the iconic regular-season matchup. The two teams will reunite again next Saturday when Curry, Green and the Warriors travel to take on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder in Oklahoma City.
