The Golden State Warriors are headed back to the Western Conference finals, making this the first time they’ve made consecutive conference finals appearances since 1974-75 and 1975-76.

What are the stats you most need to know from this game and this series? Here are our top five:

Warriors Minutes Played Conference Semifinals Ahead Behind Game 1 48 0 Game 2 5 40 Game 3 15 31 Game 4 13 37 Game 5 14<< 29

• The Warriors may have won the series in five games but it was a tough five games. After going wire-to-wire in Game 1, the Warriors led for a total of just 47 minutes over the final four games of the series. The Blazers held a 137-to-95 advantage in minutes led for the series.

• Stephen Curry made a 3-pointer for the 44th straight playoff game, tying Reggie Miller’s NBA record. Curry also finished with 11 assists. The Warriors have won 34 of the past 35 games in which Curry had at least 10 assists.

• The day after Stephen Curry becomes a back-to-back MVP, he tied another back-to-back MVP for 16th on the all-time postseason 3-point leaderboard. Curry and Steve Nash both have 178 career 3-pointers in the postseason. Curry has played in 76 fewer games.

• Klay Thompson finished with 33 points on 13-of-17 shooting, his best shooting performance in a postseason game (76.5 percent). His seven consecutive games with at least five 3-pointers are the most in the NBA playoffs since the 3-point line was enacted in 1979-80.

Thompson has 272 points through 10 playoff games. The only Warriors with more in their first 10 games of a postseason since the team moved to San Francisco are Wilt Chamberlain, Rick Barry and Curry.

• Looking ahead, the Warriors are 3-0 this season against the Thunder (Curry averaged 35 points-per-game) and 3-1 against the Spurs (outscoring them by an average of 9.8 points-per-game).

Our Basketball Power Index gives the Warriors a 72 percent chance to defeat the Thunder and a 52 percent chance to beat the Spurs.