ORACLE ARENA, OAKLAND, CA — This is a continuation of the halftime recap of the Portland Trail Blazers at the Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors took a 70-45 lead into halftime.
Q3: Got KD
The Warriors continued to put on the hurt after halftime, as Zaza Pachulia put back a missed layup by Stephen Curry, which was followed by a Draymond Green block of Mason Plumlee on the left baseline.
Damian Lillard got a pretty reverse in the lane, but Kevin Durant hit a three from the top and, after Lillard missed a three rebounded by Curry, Green raced up the court and found Klay Thompson for a splash from the right wing.
Blazers head coach Terry Stotts called timeout as the Golden State extended their lead to 81-51 with 8:13 remaining.
Out of the timeout, Curry hit a triple, Durant hit another bucket from the elbow on a pass from Green, and Pachulia got called for a Flagrant 1 Foul on an elbow inside.
Draymond collected his 11th assist, feeding KD from the left arc, Lillard went too hard on a drive with a little contact with no call, and Thompson up-faked from the left arc, drove in, and lobbed to JaVale McGee for an alley-oop:
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Durant added a wicked step-back triple, then Steph got a little too cute and lost the ball twice after going through the legs and trying to split a double-team, but Green continued to go top shelf to McGee, getting two lobs, one a no-look:
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Curry got in the mix finally with a feed to JaVale for an and-one, although McGee missed the free throw, then with four seconds to play in the quarter, Meyers Leonard missed a triple, KD boarded, dribbled up a bit, and found Steph on the left wing for the splash at the buzzer:
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That gave the Warriors a 108-72 lead heading into the final frame. Durant tallied 13 of his 34 points on 3 treys in that stanza, to go along with 11 rebounds. Draymond was up to 12 rebounds and 13 assists.
Curry tallied 19 points on 6-for-11 field and 5-for-8 downtown plus 6 assists, while Thompson added 16 points on 7-for-15 shooting. McGee was a perfect 4-for-4 from the field for 9 points.
Q4: Clark Causes Craziness On Bench
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr went with Shaun Livingston, Ian Clark, Patrick McCaw, Iguodala, and Kevon Looney for the mop-up work.
After a Clark triple from the left corner, Kerr brought in James McAdoo for Iguodala with about eight minutes remaining.
Clark got more free throws and a jumper to give him 17 points off the bench on 6-for-8 field and the Warriors a 123-87 lead with 5:55 to play, including this crossover plus reaction from Durant, who appeared as if he were swimming:
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McGee came back in for Livingston and Clark, who ended the game with a career-high 22 points, added another runner with 3:24 to go to give Golden State a 129-87 lead.
The Warriors (24-4) will next face the Utah Jazz in two nights at Oracle.
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