NBA Rumors: Thunder On Game 7 Loss; ‘We Have No Regrets’

By Jenn Loro - 31 May '16 08:57AM

A resurgent Golden State Warriors which has been down 3-1 in the early part of the series came out strong to bury Oklahoma City Thunder's remaining hope for a march to the NBA finals with 96-88 in Game 7 of their Western Conference showdown. For Durant-led Thunder, the team played as hard as their opponents did but still came up short. Despite a hurting loss, Durant said that they have 'no regrets.'

"We laid it all out there," said Durant as quoted by The Guardian. "Everybody left their soul out on the court. We have no regrets."

After losing Game 6 to the Warriors in their own turf last Saturday, Durant & Co. returned to the Oracle Arena in Oakland on Monday looking upbeat and even performed exceedingly well in the first half with a quite comfortable 13-point lead over the Warriors.

The comeback kids led by MVP repeater Stephen Curry scored 36 points including 7 three-pointers. A remarkable Klay Thompson put in 21 points with 6 three's just two days after his historic best season performance with 11 three pointers to his name in Game 6- the highest rated NBA game this season on TNT.

"They won a world championship last year, and they've broken an NBA record, and people are already talking about it before the playoffs started, this may be the greatest team to ever lace them up in the history of the NBA," remarked Thunder coach Billy Donovan as per CBC report.

As per NBA record, Golden State will be the 10th team to emerge from a demoralizing 3-1 deficit to win a playoff series. Their Monday victory over Thunder will pit them for an NBA Finals rematch with a much stronger LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers.

Previously, Curry hit back at those sowing doubts at Golden State Warriors' 2015 championship nab because Cleveland Cavaliers weren't at the top of their game following a slew of injuries that plague many of their best players.

"Go back in history and find teams that weren't at full strength and still won, and find a team that beat a team that was kind of short-handed or whatever -- nobody really remembers that now," said Curry as per ESPN. "They remember the champions. We're OK with that. Hopefully we can do it again this year."