Steph Curry leads from the front as Warriors rally to eliminate Clippers

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/curry-stephen/xx3787qL/"]Curry[/a], a four-time NBA champion who missed 27 games from February to early April with a nagging knee injury, shook off a slow first half to finish with 35 points.[/p][p]He connected on seven of 12 three-point attempts to help the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/golden-state-warriors/SxUtXqch/"]Warriors[/a], who trailed most of the way, battle back from a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit.[/p][p][b]His last three-pointer put the Warriors up 120-117, and they held on to knock [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leonard-kawhi/d4zqZuLO/"]Kawhi Leonard[/a] and the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-clippers/vPeTYlqm/"]Clippers[/a] out of the post-season.[/b][/p][p]The Warriors, who finished the regular season 10th in the Western Conference, will have to win one more game to reach the play-offs proper when they face the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/phoenix-suns/M1Gy2pra/"]Phoenix Suns[/a] on Friday.[/p][embed guid="463e2603-d979-469c-9c13-820772d344ca" url="https://x.com/warriors/status/2044648296808112249" social-type="twitter" /][p]The winner of that game will secure the Western Conference eighth seed and a first-round series against the top-seeded reigning champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/oklahoma-city-thunder/0fHFHEWD/"]Oklahoma City Thunder[/a].[/p][p]Curry said the key in Phoenix will once again be "resiliency."[/p][p][b]"These win or go home scenarios, we think we know the team but you've got to be able to withstand the runs and stay in it emotionally.[/b][/p][p][b]"It was back and forth the whole game, and then we got over the hump the last three minutes."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/santos-gui/zihfe3eC/"]Gui Santos[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/porzingis-kristaps/ILZw0Cng/"]Kristaps Porzingis[/a] scored 20 points apiece for the Warriors and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/horford-al/YeAIpFn9/"]Al Horford[/a] made four three-pointers in the fourth quarter.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mathurin-bennedict/8pMCfl0L/"]Bennedict Mathurin[/a] scored 23 points to lead the Clippers. Leonard and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garland-darius/UThxz8nj/"]Darius Garland[/a] scored 21 points each, but Leonard was held to just two points in the final period.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/golden-state-warriors-SxUtXqch/los-angeles-clippers-vPeTYlqm/?mid=O2AeqGck"]Catch up on the match here.[/a][/b][/p]