Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson steered the Warriors to victory over the Clippers 113-105, and Kawhi Leonard put on a show as the Raptors routed Orlando 107-85, putting division winners Golden State and Toronto up 3-1 in their series and on the brink of advancing to the next round.
Durant scored 33 points and the Warriors who held on to beat the Clippers.
“We came in with that mindset to put our foot on the throttle and not let go,” Thompson said. “We let go in game two and we won’t do that the rest of the playoffs. I really believe that.”
After winning both games in Los Angeles, the Warriors can wrap things up in game five on Wednesday in Oakland.
Thompson scored 27 of his 32 points in the first half for the Warriors. Stephen Curry had an off night shooting 3-for-14, including 1-of-9 from 3-point range, and finishing with 12 points.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a season-high 25 points for the Clippers. Danilo Gallinari scored 16 after a scoreless first quarter.
Lou Williams came off the bench to score 12 and Patrick Beverley also had a dozen and a team-high 10 rebounds in the loss.
The Warriors have led by at least eight points after the first quarter in every game of the series.
In Orlando, Leonard scored 34 points and the Raptors beat the Magic.
Pascal Siakam and Norman Powell each scored 16 for the Raptors, who can advance with a home win in game five on Tuesday.
Aaron Gordon scored 25, Evan Fournier scored 19 and Nikola Vucevic added 11 for the Magic, who committed 17 turnovers that became 21 Toronto points.
And now the Magic’s season and the Clippers are squarely on the brink.
Here’s the deal for the Magic and the Clippers. There have been 11 teams to successfully rally from a 3-1 series deficit in a best-of-seven series, and of those, only three pulled it off by winning a game seven on the road which is what they would have to do.