Different venue, same outcome, dejavu night in Oregon.
Stephen Curry continues his stellar play with the absence of Kevin Durant who scored a game high 36 points along with 6 rebounds and 3 assists in over 37 minutes of play. Draymond Green also showed his overall quality as a player recording his 7th career Triple-double of 20 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists. Klay Thompson also added 19 points, 5 boards and 5 dimes.
Portland replicated their first half success from Game Two and led as much as 18 in the second quarter thanks to a scoring explosion from Meyer Leonard who generated a game high 13 points in his first ever stint in the starting line up for this year’s playoffs. He was backed by CJ McCollum with 12 points and Damian Lillard producing 10 points respectively, all from the 24 minutes of basketball.
But there were not the only team to replicate a feat from the previous game as Golden State used another strong third quarter and overall second half showing to steal the game away. They outscore the Trail Blazers by 24 points in the remaining two quarters (29-13 in 3rd quarter and 28-20 in 4th quarter).
Lillard finished with 19 points (plus 6 rebounds and 6 assists), McCollum tallied the team high 23 markers with 5 assists and 3 boards. Wrapping up Portland’s points are Meyers Leonard which had 16 and Evan Turner who generated 12.
Game 5 is on Monday and the Warriors will try and sweep the Blazers to return in the NBA Finals for the 5th straight time.
