Al Horford connected on four 3-pointers in the final 5:37 of a Western Conference play-in game, lifting the 10th-place Golden State Warriors ?to a 126-121 win over the ninth-place Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday in Inglewood, California.
Golden State advances to a sudden-death matchup against the Suns in Phoenix on Friday to determine the West's No. 8 seed and the Oklahoma City Thunder's first-round playoff opponent. The loss ends the Clippers' season.
"With all the wins we've ever had here," said Golden State coach Steve ?Kerr, "a lot of them with a lot more at stake ¡ª?this one is right up there because of ?where ?we are, and our age and the decline of our performance this year with the ?injuries. It was just a beautiful display of competitive will."
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