Warriors take 3-0 lead over Blazers with 119-113 win

Sport360 staff 12:09 23/04/2017
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  • Stephen Curry.

    Stephen Curry scored 14 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter and the Golden State Warriors stormed back from a 16-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 119-113.

    Klay Thompson tallied 24 points on Saturday for the Warriors, who seized a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven first-round Western Conference playoff series.

    CJ McCollum scored 32 points and Damian Lillard added 31 for the Blazers, who will try to stay alive with a win in game four on Monday.

    Golden State was without forward Kevin Durant (calf injury), guard Shaun Livingston (finger) and forward Matt Barnes (ankle).

    Warriors coach Steve Kerr also did not attend the game because of illness. His was replaced by assistant coach Mike Brown.

    After the final buzzer, Curry collected the game ball and said he planned to deliver it to Kerr.

    “Our coach is going through a lot right now,” Curry said. “He told us to go out and ‘win one for the Gipper.'”

    Lillard scored 22 points and McCollum 17 as the Blazers went into halftime leading 67-54.

    In Memphis, Marcos Gasol’s floater over Spurs defender LaMarcus Aldridge with 0.7 seconds left capped a thrilling back and forth first round playoff contest Saturday in front of a crowd of 18,100.

    Elsewhere, DeMar DeRozan, held scoreless from the floor a game earlier, struck for 33 points and nine rebounds to lead Toronto over Milwaukee 87-76.

    In Atlanta, the Atlanta Hawks led wire-to-wire en route to a dominating 116-98 victory over Washington, cutting the Wizards lead in the playoff series to 2-1.

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