Kevin Durant scored 49 points, and the defending champion Golden State Warriors rallied from 18 points down in the second quarter to beat the Orlando Magic 116-110.
The Warriors trailed 58-40 with 2:53 left in the second quarter and 64-47 at halftime. They outscored the Magic 76-52 the rest of the way.
Durant’s 3-pointer with 22.2 seconds left made it 113-109, and Shaun Livingston’s free throw with 13.4 seconds left put it away at 114-110.
During clutch time, the Warriors outscored the Magic 14-10. Durant scored 10 of the Warriors’ 14 on 3 for 6 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line. With 3:30 left, D.J. Augustin stole the ball from Kevon Looney, and Nikola Vučević’s 12-foot hook shot off it tied the game at 102.
Klay Thompson scored 29 points (19 in the fourth quarter) with 6 3-pointers. Thompson scored 19 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter. Durant assisted on 6 of Thompson’s 11 baskets, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Magic, Vučević had 30 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, and Terrence Ross added 28 points (7 during a 10-0 run in the second quarter) on 9 for 15 shooting off the bench.
The Warriors shot 48.8% from the field to the Magic’s 44.4%. The Magic outscored the Warriors 56-24 off the bench. The Warriors outscored the Magic 15-4 in 5 minutes with Livingston, Durant, Jerebko, Looney and Lee on the floor together.