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Warriors' Shaun Livingston: Key buckets in deciding run Monday

Livingston scored five points (2-4 FG, 1-1 FT) to go along with six rebounds, one assist and one blocked shot in 14 minutes in Monday's 96-88 Game 7 win over the Thunder.

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That's a modest statistical line, but Livingston had two key buckets, which helped ignite a 12-0 run late in the third quarter to put the Warriors in charge of the game. Until that point, the bench had combined for just seven points in two and a half quarters, before Livingston hit a one-handed floater, followed by an aggressive, unmolested dash for a dunk-and-one. Most times, the reserves merely need to maintain the status quo for the Warriors, but during Game 7, they provided the bounce that helped send the team to the NBA Finals for a second straight season.

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