i'm scott van pelt. there's an aura about the rose bowl. the venue. the tradition of the game. that rare sli frankly lived up to. usc-penn state played the bowl game of the post season. trace mcsorley up top. chris godwin juggles, gathered. at one point, penn state scored touchdowns on four consecutive offensive sam darnold to burnett. usc ties it at 49-49. penn state nearly threw a pick on the play before this. but mcsorley is picked off by leon mcqua. it looked like he stepped out of bounds. he did not. they reviewed to check it out. and usc puts it on the left toe of matt bormeister. fight on. usc wins, 52-49. a fantastic rose bowl. >>> stay in california. the warriors welcoming the nuggets. steph curry from 30 feet. nobody blings an eye because he makes lots of them. kevin durant gets in on the three-point shooting ablgt here. they led at the break. the statistical star of this one, draymond green who messed around and got a triple-double here. yet another three. late in the game, six-point game. and -- draymond needs a rebound for a triple-double. he gets it. they get the

i'm scott van pelt. welcome to "sportscenter."ussell westbrook and kevin durant spent eight years together and it's like a breakup where you have to see each other at parties and pretend you like each other only these guys don't bother with that. clear the friendship is gone. this isn't about friendship but a hard foul as pachulia knocks down westbrook and stands over. a big-time no-no. the code among players. it's a rules violation that's a flagrant one in the half. it was a 56-56 game. midway through the third quarter, durant, who had 39 in his first match-up with his former team went for a season high 40 including this three here and the warriors begin to exercise their dominance. here westbrook. never angrier. quadruple double. the close game is now turning into a blow-out. that happens so often with golden state. they lead by 15 then in the fourth quarter, one more time, it's durant who for the 47th time in his nba career has cracked open a 40 and golden state wins, 121-100. you can see golden state on friday on espn taking o