Golden State Warriors vs Portland Trail Blazers Match Player Stats On Apr 22, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Apr 23, 2017

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Stephen Curry scored 14 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter and the Golden State Warriors rallied from a 16-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 119-113 on Saturday night at Moda Center.

Klay Thompson added 24 points for the Warriors, who seized a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven first-round playoff series.

CJ McCollum scored 32 points and Damian Lillard added 31 for the Blazers, who host the Warriors in Game 4 on Monday night.

Lillard scored 22 points and McCollum 17 as the Blazers went into halftime leading 67-54. Curry and Thompson were a combined 8 for 25 from the field at the break. Portland had a 29-14 edge on the boards and were 8 for 13 from 3-point range.

Portland extended its advantage to 75-59 early in the third quarter. The Warriors rallied to take an 85-83 lead on a Javale McGee dunk late in the quarter. The Blazers took an 88-87 lead into the final period. Thompson scored 14 points in the quarter.

Ian Clark's driving layup upped Golden State's advantage to 100-96 with 6:30 remaining. Moments later, Andre Iguodala dunked in transition to make it 104-98. Iguodala dunked again to push the Warriors' edge to 108-100 with 4:05 to play.

McCollum made a pair of foul shots to cut the deficit to 108-102 with 3:50 left. Noah Vonleh converted a follow dunk to make it 108-104 with 3:15 to go.

Iguodala dunked in transition to hike the Warriors' lead to 110-104 with 2:39 remaining. Vonleh dunked again to cut it to 110-106 with 1:28 to play.

Curry's rainbow 3 pushed Golden State's advantage to 113-106 with 52 seconds remaining. Lillard sank three free throws to trim the difference to 113-108 with 41.0 seconds to play.

Curry hit a short jumper for a 115-109 lead with 25.7 ticks left. He wrapped it up with four straight free throws in the final 14 seconds.

Portland sank its first five shots from the field en route to an 11-3 lead. The Blazers increased the lead to 20-10. With Lillard scoring 15 points, Portland carried a 37-30 lead into the second quarter.

Allen Crabbe's four-point play increased the Blazers' advantage to 49-33 early in the second period. It was 51-35 when the Warriors used an 8-0 run to get to within 51-43. Portland jacked the difference up to 65-48 with 2:23 left in the quarter.

NOTES: Portland G Damian Lillard scored 31 points, reaching the 30-point mark for the ninth time in his postseason career. ... Golden State C JaVale McGee, who scored 14 points on 6-for-8 shooting, is 16 for 19 from the field in the series. ... Golden State was without F Kevin Durant (calf), G Shaun Livingston (finger) and F Matt Barnes (ankle). ... Warriors coach Steve Kerr did not attend the game because of illness. His replacement was assistant coach Mike Brown. ... The Warriors have won 15 of 17 regular-season and postseason meetings dating to 2014. ... Seventy years ago Saturday, the Philadelphia Warriors beat the Chicago Stags 83-80 to capture the NBA's inaugural championship with a 4-1 series win.