STEPHEN Curry led a high-percentage attack with 21 points and the Golden State Warriors dominated the visiting Dallas Mavericks on both ends of the floor en route to a 112-87 victory on Wednesday in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals in San Francisco.
Mavericks star Luka Dončić, coming off a 35-point, 12-for-19 shooting game in Dallas’ elimination of the top-seeded Phoenix Suns on Sunday, was harassed into just six-for-18 shooting and a playoffs season-low 20 points.Game 2 in the best-of-seven set is scheduled for Friday in San Francisco, where Golden State, seeking its sixth trip to the NBA Finals in the past eight years, has gone 7-0 this postseason.
All seven Warriors who played at least 13 minutes scored in double figures, with Curry getting plenty of help. Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole contributed 19 points apiece, Klay Thompson had 15 and Kevon Looney, Draymond Green and Otto Porter Jr. each had 10. Neither team shot well from 3-point range, but the Warriors shot far fewer. They made 10 of 29 , while the Mavericks jacked up 48, making 11 .
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