On April 22, the Warriors challenged the Trail Blazers away from home, and the third game of the series began.
The Warriors' Durant continues to be unable to play due to injury, and the team's two role players are also unable to play, Livingston due to a hand injury, and Matt Barnes because of an ankle. At the same time, the Trail Blazers sidelined the ball
The team's main center Nurcic is back from injury.
This game is a life and death battle for the Blazers, they can only win but not lose.
Less than 3 minutes into the game, the Trail Blazers led 11-3, with McCollum contributing 5 points.
After the Warriors timeout, Curry scored 4 points in a row, and McCollum responded with 3 points. The Warriors only scored 2 points in the next two minutes, and the Trail Blazers widened the point difference to 10 points.
The Warriors replaced Iguodala, who teamed up with McGee and McCaw to create an 11-4 spurt. Lillard hit a 3-pointer. He scored 8 points in a row and 15 points in a single quarter to help the Trail Blazers.
Leading 37-30 in the first quarter,
The second quarter was the same as the first quarter. The Trail Blazers launched an 11-3 attack at the beginning, widening the point difference to 15 points, of which Crabbe contributed 5 points.
After the Warriors timeout, Thompson scored 4 points in a row and Curry hit his first three-pointer. Although Lillard responded with 3 points, the Warriors hit a 10-5 spurt to narrow the point difference to 10 points.
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West received a technical foul for malicious pushing, Turner made two free throws, and McCollum hit a 3-pointer.
At halftime, the Trail Blazers led 67-54.
In the third quarter, Thompson and Turner hit 3-pointers successively. Although Curry also hit 3-pointers, McCollum hit two three-pointers. He scored 8 points in a row, widening the point difference to 16 points.
McGee made an alley-oop dunk, Thompson hit a chasing 3-pointer, Klay scored 8 points in a row, and the Warriors went on a 12-0 spurt, narrowing the point difference to 4 points.
After the Trail Blazers suspended, Tang Shen scored another 3 points. Iguodala and McGee scored dunks successively, and the Warriors successfully took the lead.
At the end of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers temporarily led 88-87 with Lillard's two free throws.
In the fourth quarter, West and McCaw scored consecutively, and the Warriors took a 3-point lead. The Trail Blazers made an early appearance with a double shot. McCollum hit a 3-pointer, Curry responded with a 3-pointer, and Clark scored a throw-in. Iguodala scored two points.
After a dunk, the Warriors led by 8 points.
With 4 minutes left in the game, Green made a steal and blocked his sixth shot. Iguodala dunked and Lillard had no chance to shoot. With 49 seconds left in the game, Curry hit a 3-pointer and the Warriors led by 7 points.
, Lillard made all 3 free throws after making a foul. Curry scored a shot. With the "cute god" Curry making 4 free throws, the game lost suspense.
In the end, the Warriors reversed the Trail Blazers 119-113, expanding the total score to 3-0.
Warriors: Curry had 34 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Thompson had 24 points, Green had 9 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, McCaw had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Iguodala had 16 points and 7 rebounds, and McGee had 14 points.
Trail Blazers: Lillard had 31 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, McCollum had 32 points and 6 rebounds, and Turner had 17 points.
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On April 24, the Golden State Warriors challenged the Trail Blazers away from home, and the fourth game of the series began.
Durant returned from injury in this campaign, which greatly boosted the morale of the Warriors team.
After the opening, under the leadership of Du Shao, the Warriors quickly set off an offensive frenzy. Durant dunked and the Warriors beat their opponents 14-0.
Turner hit the net with a three-pointer, finally helping the Trail Blazers break their scoring embarrassment. But then faced with the Warriors' furious attack, the Trail Blazers had no power to fight back. Curry hit three consecutive three-pointers, including a three-pointer just after halftime.
Hollow into the net, the point difference has exceeded 20 points. The Trail Blazers' offense has improved. Aminu hit a three-pointer. At the end of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers trailed the Warriors 22-45.
Lillard broke out briefly in the second quarter, setting off a small offensive climax and closing the point difference to within 20 points. However, the Warriors relied on Green and Curry's three-pointers to regain the initiative. At the end of this quarter, Thompson made jumpers and free throws.
After scoring 4 points, Curry hit the net again with a three-pointer.
After halftime, the Warriors led 72-48.
After the side change, the Trail Blazers were still resisting tenaciously, but they were just fighting for honor. On the Warriors' side, Curry continued to stay on the court and felt extremely hot. Before the end of the third quarter, Curry made a three-pointer and a layup
He scored 37 points in a row. Under his leadership, the suspense of victory was completely eliminated.
In the final quarter, the game entered garbage time. Durant sat back on the bench with a thick bandage on his injured leg. Curry, Green, Thompson and others were also replaced.
In the end, after the whole game was played, the Golden State Warriors defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 128-103 away from home, sweeping their opponents with a total score of 4-0 and advancing to the next round.
This night, Curry exploded. He made 12 of 20 shots and scored 37 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Under his leadership, all five Warriors starters scored more than 10 points.
For the Warriors, in addition to Curry, Klay Thompson scored 18 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Pachulia had 11 points and 7 rebounds, Durant had 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, and Green had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks.
, West had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Iguodala had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, McGee had 4 points, 3 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Clark had 4 points and 4 rebounds.
For the Trail Blazers, Lillard had 34 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists, McCollum had 6 points and 5 rebounds, Turner had 7 points, 2 rebounds and 3 steals, Aminu had 25 points and 7 rebounds, Vonleh had 3 points and 14 rebounds, and Napier had 14
Points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds, Crabbe had 7 points and 3 rebounds.
This is a series with no suspense. Due to the disparity in strength between the two sides, the four games were played without any suspense.
The lineups of the Trail Blazers and the Warriors are very similar. They both have two guns in the backcourt. The difference is that the Warriors also have Durant and Iguodala. In addition, the presence of Green is also very important.
In terms of offense alone, the Warriors' double backcourt firepower is as good as Billard and McCollum, or even better.
Needless to say, Curry is better than Lillard in every aspect - except dunking, of course.
Although Clay's independent scoring ability is worse than McCollum's, his three-pointers are more accurate, his movement without the ball is better, and his scoring explosiveness is not weak at all. More importantly, Clay's defense is not a little better than McCollum's.
Half a point!
Similarly, Curry's defense is better than Billard's, both in attitude and ability!
Offensively, the Warriors' backcourt is not bad, but defensively it is much better. Comparing the two, the results can be imagined.
Coupled with the presence of Green, the best defensive player, the Warriors are more than one level better defensively than the Trail Blazers!
Even without Durant, it would be impossible for the Trail Blazers to defeat the Warriors in a series!
With Durant added, the Warriors are even safer!
Even if the Blazers explode with both guns, it will be useless!
So this result is no surprise, the Trail Blazers are destined to be swept!
