HIGHLIGHTS: Lillard lifts Trail Blazers over GSW

Sport360 staff 12:03 08/05/2016
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  • Al-Farouq Aminu collected 23 points and 10 rebounds and C.J. McCollum added 22 points for the Trail Blazers, who trimmed the deficit in the best-of-seven Western Conference second-round series to 2-1.

    The Trail Blazers will try to level the series when they host game four on Monday.

    Lillard connected on 14 of 27 shots from the field, including eight of 13 from three-point range.

    Aminu was eight-for-nine from the field, making four three-pointers for a Blazers team that withstood a career playoff-high of 37 points from Golden State’s Draymond Green, who also pulled down nine rebounds and dished out eight assists.

    Klay Thompson added 35 points for the Warriors, who were again without injured star Stephen Curry.

    The young Portland team kept their nerve in the face of a strong start from Golden State. Lillard scored 25 points and Aminu contributed 11 points in the second quarter and the Blazers took a 58-46 lead into halftime.

    Thompson had 24 in the half for the Warriors, who were outscored 36-18 in the second period.

    The Warriors used a 9-0 scoring run to pull within 105-94 with 5:25 remaining, but Portland scored the next five points and the Warriors never got within 12 the rest of the way.

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