PORTLAND – After the 18 points gap on early quarters, Golden State Warriors surged again in the third quarter VS Trail Blazers that led to 110-99 win. May 18.
As usual, Stephen Curry led the warriors with 36 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assist . Draymond Green and Klay Thompson backed Curry with 20 and 19 points respectively. Astoundingly, Green helped the Warriors with 13 rebounds, 12 Assist while Thompson supported the team with 5 Rebounds and 5 Assists.
On the otherhand, Trail Blazers dominated the first and second quarter as CJ McCollum led the team with 23 points, 3 Rebs, 5 Assists. Damian Lillard backed McCollum added 19 points 6 Rebs and Assists gained support from Meyers Leonard and Evan Turner with 16 points and 12 points respectively.
Surprisingly, Warriors still survived the Western Conference Finals without Kevin Durant. Portland Seth Curry trash-talked Durant saying that Warriors are harder to defend without the him.
“They move around faster when he’s not out there. They’re definitely not a better team, but they’re harder to guard.
“Obviously, they play a different style of basketball when Steph and Klay [Thompson] are the focal points offensively, and we haven’t played that team in a while.” Seth Curry told reporters.
However, Durant denied Curry’s remarks in his instagram post.
Meanwhile, Game 4 will be held in Portland on May 20. If Warriors still win, they will be in finals unanimously.