OKLAHOMA CITY — Klay Thompson made a playoff-record 11 3-pointers and scored 41 points Saturday night, and the Golden State Warriors forced a seventh game in the Western Conference finals with a 108-101 victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Stephen Curry bounced back from a slow start to finish with 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.

The Warriors, who set the league’s regular-season record with 73 wins, will host Game 7 at 9 p.m. Monday. The winner will play Cleveland in the finals.

Oklahoma City dominated Games 3 and 4 at home, but the Warriors made 21 of 44 3-pointers Saturday; Oklahoma City was 3 of 23.

Kevin Durant scored 29 points and Russell Westbrook added 28 for the Thunder. But Durant made just 10 of 31 shots and Westbrook was 10 of 27.

Trying to become the 10th team to overcome a 3-1 deficit, the Warriors trailed much of the game and by eight going to the fourth quarter.

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Thompson kept them in it with four 3-pointers in just over seven minutes to start the fourth. Curry then hit two 3s; the second made it 99-99 with 2:47 to play.

Thompson’s 3 with 1:35 to play put the Warriors up 104-101.

The Thunder, who blew a number of fourth-quarter leads in the regular season, fell apart in the final minutes after Golden State finally went ahead for good.

Westbrook lost control of the ball, and after Thompson missed a 3, Westbrook turned the ball over again. Curry’s layup with 14.3 seconds to play put the Warriors up by five, the Thunder turned it over again, and the Warriors were in the clear.

Thompson opened the second half with two 3-pointers to give the Warriors a 54-53 edge, but the Thunder closed strong and led 83-75 heading into the fourth.


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