Portland – with the Spectrum of the dreaded game tournament When moving over the Warriors, the confrontation of Golden State in Portland on Friday night was a Essential gain game in everything but the name.
There was also any doubt that the Warriors veterans, with their legacies of the Hall of Fame forged in games of the highest bets, would be in charge of business Against the Blazers severely under?
Against a portland team that lost its six best scorers, the Warriors defeated local team 103-86.
Jimmy Butler led the way with 24 points and made the 10 free throws, while Steph Curry put 14. Dan and Green scored only three points, but contributed seven rebounds, five assists and a huge robbery. Buddy Keep scored 16 from the bank and joined the 200 3 pine nuts made in a seasonal club.
Golden State improved at 48-33.
In other places, Minnesota (48-33) defeated the unfortunate networks to maintain the rhythm of the warriors. Memphis (47-34) lost to Denver (49-33), guaranteeing that the Grizzlies will be in the game tournament.
With a game to play, Golden State will not end worse than the seventh and not Highher than the fifth.
If the Warriors defeat the clippers in the bay area on Sunday, the lowest as the Warriors can end is sixth, a place above the game slot.
The Warriors recovered from Wednesday Surprising defeat of 114-11 against the visiting stimulusS, who saw former Golden State champion, Harrison Barnes, hit a 27 -foot Fadeaway that hit the bell on Jimmy Butler.
Gary Payton II and Quinten Post, who had lost the last two games, returned to rotation.
Just although the final score was unequal, that did not mean that the game in fashion center lacked drama.
The Warriors suffered a scare of a letter in the first quarter when Curry returned to the locker room with 1:59 stir in the period after hitting the thumb Siss on the knee of the defender of Portland Justin Minaya on a road.
Curry returned in the middle of the second quarter with a wrapping around his right hand. The 37 -year -old man Previously deals with a thumb injury In January.
Golden State led 26-20 after a quarter and 50-37 in the half time.
The Warriors used a 17-3 race in the third quarter to get away. The Blazers obtained it within 14 at the end of the third, but the inverse lerer tray and 1 stopped bleeding.