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(Durant) – Kevin Durant scored 32 points, Klay Thompson was 31 and the Golden State Warriors recorded their worst run of losses since the start of 2013 in four games beating the Portland Trail Blazers 125-97 on Friday night.
Jusuf Nurkic had 22 points and eight rebounds for Portland on one night when Damian Lillard shot 9 times out of 24 for 23 points and eight assists. CJ McCollum added 19 points and five assists.
The Blazers, tired of the road, finished their journey of six to two games with a two-digit loss to the Bucks, Timberwolves and Warriors. The Blazers seemed to slow down the defense as the Warriors kept their appearances open, pulling 53% of the way back.
Durant had 13 points out of 21, eight assists, seven rebounds and three of his team's 11 blocks. Thompson hit five of his first seven shots and captured the eight best tables of the season for the two-time defending champion.
The double MVP Stephen Curry, in a car accident earlier in the day that left him unscathed, is again out with a left groin stretched and his fellow All-Star Draymond Green also stayed behind because of a sprained.
Golden State started the second run with a 22-5 lead to create a 46-32 lead in the middle of the quarter. The driving dunk and Durant's three-pointer scored 2:01 before half-time to give his team a 59-40 lead.
Coach Steve Kerr knew that once his team returned to a better offensive performance (solid screens, clean cuts, penetration into the basket), the Warriors would not get more shots in this recent game.
The under-fifth coach, Kerr, was the longest of the last four years. Golden State has not lost more than consecutively since it lost six straight games from February 5 to 19, 2013.
Quinn Cook, who plays Curry, scored 19 points with five points to 3, while the Warriors scored 17 points for 32 points.
Two days earlier, two of the West Conference's top teams had just lost their embarrassment: Golden State, a 123-95 loss to Oklahoma City and Portland 143-100 in Milwaukee, in which the Blazers had never led.
The Warriors have won the last eight games with the Blazers at home but lost twice in a row.
Crash car curry
Curry was driving a black Porsche on Friday morning while he was going to work, the driver of a Lexus lost control of his car and hit his car. Herman Baza, a California traffic police officer, said Curry had stopped in the middle of the center. While waiting for the arrival of the officers, another sedan lost control of his Porsche. Baza stated that no one had been injured or stopped and that the rain had played a role in the accident.
Kerr said his playmaker was "a little shaken" by fear and "thankfully no one was hurt and Steph is fine".
The coach then said in a funny way: "I think that he has another car that he can drive too, I think he'll be fine." Or he can borrow one from someone else. "
TIP-INS
Trail Blazers: The Blazers have not won at Golden State for exactly five years, 113-101 on November 23, 2013. … Portland took two of the three Warriors last season. … Lillard passed Terry Porter for third place on the Blazers checklist.
Warriors: Durant has signed his eighth 30-point performance this season and Thompson's third. … Golden State has improved to 3-5 without Curry this season. … In the first game, Thompson played his fourth game in four career points. … The Warriors are 2-3 in the first match back-to-back – 3-1 the next night. … With so many games together, the Warriors have not had time to do a lot of simulator games, but DeMarcus Cousins should have more time in court at full speed and Kerr 's expects an update from the All Star Center Rehabilitation for Achilles surgery. then. … Curry missed his eighth consecutive game because of a left groin injury and will be absent at least until Saturday's meeting with Sacramento. It is expected that it will be reevaluated that day. … Green was away for the seventh time in nine games – six injured and he was also absent last week against Atlanta after a suspension imposed by the team.
FOLLOWING
The Blazers welcome the Clippers Sunday at 18h. on a series of four consecutive victories in the series.
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