Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry goes to the basket against the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday in Oakland. Photo: IC
Stephen Curry was honored with his second consecutive league MVP award before leading Golden State to a 125-121 victory over Portland on Wednesday as the Warriors advanced to back-to-back conference finals.
The night started with Curry's award for the first unanimous MVP trophy and ended with the superstar capping his 29-point performance with four free throws in the final 18 seconds to give the Warriors a 4-1 series victory over the Trail Blazers.
The Warriors advanced to their first back-to-back NBA semifinals since the 1974-75 and 1975-76 seasons by winning their eighth consecutive -series-clinching game at home.
Golden State now await the winner of the Oklahoma City Thunder-San -Antonio Spurs series.
If Oklahoma City eliminate the Spurs in Game 6 Kyle Anderson Jersey , the best-of-seven Western Conference finals would -begin Monday in Oakland.
The fifth-seeded Trail Blazers made the Warriors work for their win on Wednesday.
Portland led by as many as 11 early and got to 118-115 in the final minute of the contest.
The Warriors' Klay Thompson forced Portland star Damian Lillard to miss a shot from 17 feet (5.18 meters). Curry then -busted loose and nailed a 25-footer for the clutch basket that put Golden State up 121-116.
Thompson led the Warriors with 33 points, hitting 13 of 17 from the field and six of nine three-point -attempts.
Curry's 29 points were a result of 10-for-20 shooting, including five-for-11 on three-pointers.
In the earlier game on Wednesday, DeMar DeRozan tallied 34 points as the Toronto Raptors seized a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference series with a 99-91 win over the Miami Heat.
Toronto guard Kyle Lowry scored 25 points, including five in the final minute as the Raptors -fended off a late Miami surge.
The Raptors started quickly and led by as many as 16 points in the first quarter and were ahead by 20 in the second quarter before the Heat mounted their attack.
The Raptors took a 13-point lead into the fourth quarter, but the Heat cut it to five with just under five minutes -remaining.
The margin was down to one -after Dwyane Wade converted two free throws with just under two minutes to play.
DeRozan made two free throws with 1:33 left, and Toronto led by three points. DeRozan also made two free throws with 21 seconds left and made two more with nine seconds remaining to increase the lead to eight points and clinch the win.
Newquay Town
Newquay is fast becoming a top UK beach destination to take your wedding vows and celebrate your wedding day. This growing popularity of Newquay weddings are of little surprise when you consider the array of beautiful sandy beaches, generally milder climate and many beach-side hotels affording Civil Wedding licences and spectacular coastal views. What鈥檚 more, the trendy surf community and laid-back coastal life-style of the town offers many attractions and things to do, so entertaining your guests over a weekend of wedding celebrations is easy peasy. Newquay is simple to get to, with good road, rail and air links. It鈥檚 also developing a high profile world-wide audience with many surfing, boat-racing and sporting events taking place each year. Look just 1 mile outside of the busy town centre, and see chic beachside coastal apartments being built and sold at a growing pace. The Pentire headland, overlooking the world famous Fistral beach on one side and the river Gannel estuary on the other is a prime example of this exciting redevelopment and regeneration of the Newquay area.
Useful Wedding Contacts in Newquay
Newquay Registration Office
Lanherne House, Tolcarne Road, Newquay, TR7 2NQ
Opening hours Mon, Wed & Fri at 9.30am-12.00pm Tel 0300 1234 181.
Wedding Car Hire
Kernow Kampers, Belinda Cottage, Tresean, Newquay TR8 5HN Tel 01637 830027
Western Greyhound, Tel: 01637 871871
Trenance Executive Travel, Tel: 01637 872544
Wedding Cakes from Newquay
Tina鈥檚 Celebration Cakes, 39 Lewarne Road, Newquay TR7 3JT Tel 01637 873361
Jackie's Cakes & Flowers, 47 Fairview Park, St Columb TR9 6TN Tel 01726 861354
Wedding Flowers
Rafflesia Wedding Flowers, 18 Gustory Road, Newquay TR8 5RG Tel 01637 830341
Woodley Flowers, Beacon Road, Summercourt, Newquay Tel 01872 510228
Kelly Ann's Flowers, Chester Road, Newquay TR7 2RT Tel 01637 877170
Wedding Hair
Face 2, Newquay Cornwall TR8 4NG Tel 01637 859032
Halo Beauty Company, Wuthering Vale, 17 Penkernick Way, Newquay, TR9 6BQ
Tel: 01637 833281
Suzi Winter, Newquay, Cornwall, TR7 1RE Tel 07723 029548
Hotels and Wedding Venues in Newquay
Forget old fashioned tired and traditional hotels. Newquay is seeing investments and improvements in hotel accommodation, restaurants and bars. Again examples can be found along the Pentire Headland at the Pentire Hotel. Expect newly refurbished rooms, on-site beauty salon, foot-spa and hair dressing facilities, indoor heated pool, sauna, 75 bedrooms and those desirable views overlooking Fistral beach. It鈥檚 the ideal wedding hotel in Newquay with everything you need all under one roof. Watergate Bay also offers new investments and spectacular views from Jamie Oliver鈥檚 restaurant 鈥榝ifteen Cornwall鈥?and the Hotel & Extreme Academy. Here small intimate weddings can be catered for. Tolcarne beach area also benefits from a good wedding venue at the Hotel Bristol, a family run Best Western hotel with a new Civil Marriage licence and superb wedding facilities.
Things to Do in Newquay
There鈥檚 many activities for your wedding guests to do in Newquay other than the spectacular Surfing opp. Cheap Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap Football Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys