Durant's 37 power Golden State Warriors to Game 1 win over Houston Rockets

• Warriors race to 119-106 win over Rockets behind Durant surge
• Golden State pull away after trailing by nine points in first half

Kevin Durant scored 37 points and Klay Thompson added 28 to lead Golden State to a 119-106 win in the long-awaited showdown with the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Monday night.

Starting a playoff series on the road for the first time since 2014, the Warriors trailed by as many as nine early, but had evened it up by halftime and used a big run at the beginning of the fourth quarter to pull away.

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