Blazers Take Game 3 as Damian Lillard Drops 40

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The Portland Trail Blazers did what was necessary in Game 3 – they received an explosion from Damian Lillard and contributions from multiple players. This led to a 120-108 Game 3 win. Lillard had 40 points on 14-27 shooting (8-13 on threes). He also had 10 assists.

Beyond Lillard, the Blazers were given a remarkable 23/10 game from Al-Farouq Aminu. He was 8-of-9 from the field and 4-for-5 on threes. C.J. McCollum had 22 points and 5 boards.

For the Warriors, Klay Thompson continued getting all he could eat in the absence of Steph Curry. Thompson put up 35 points on 14-28 shooting. Shockingly, Thompson’s 35 didn’t lead the Warriors in the scoring column.

That leader was Draymond Green, putting up possibly the greatest game of his still young playoff career. Green had 37 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. He was 13-23 from the field and, ready yourself for this stat, 8-12 on threes.

The problem for the Warriors and benefit for the Blazers was the fact that no one outside of Thompson/Green stepped up. The only other Golden State player in double figures was Leandro Barbosa who had 10 points.

Behind an energized Portland crowd, the Blazers shot 46.5 percent from the floor and 56.7 percent on triples. If you’re looking to beat the best regular season squad of all time (albeit a squad minus Curry), lighting it up with such a percentage from three isn’t the worst place to start. Portland had 10 turnovers.

Golden State went 47.7 percent from the field, 48.3 percent on triples, and had 12 turnovers. Aside from not landing enough contributions outside of Thompson/Green, the larger GSW problem was defense. They simply couldn’t stop the Lillard led attack of the Blazers.

Game 4 will be Monday, 5/9 at 10:30 PM ET in Portland. Expect the endless “will Curry play?” question to remain a common talking point.

Golden State
Player	Pos	Min	FGM-FGA	FTM-FTA	3PM-3PA	+/-	OR	Reb	A	Blk	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
D. Green	F	40:43	13-23	3-6	8-12	-2	2	9	8	1	1	2	2	37
H. Barnes	F	33:14	2-8	2-2	1-3	-14	0	6	1	0	1	0	1	7
A. Bogut	C	11:29	3-4	0-0	0-0	-2	4	8	0	3	0	1	5	6
K. Thompson	G	37:53	14-28	2-2	5-9	-3	0	1	1	1	1	3	1	35
S. Livingston	G	25:25	2-4	1-1	0-0	-5	1	3	10	0	0	2	1	5
A. Iguodala		30:04	0-5	1-2	0-1	-3	1	4	4	1	0	1	3	1
L. Barbosa		17:34	5-7	0-0	0-1	-6	3	5	0	0	1	2	1	10
I. Clark		17:24	3-7	0-0	0-2	-20	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	6
B. Rush		14:12	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
F. Ezeli		5:44	0-0	1-2	0-0	-6	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1
M. Speights		4:56	0-2	0-2	0-1	-3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
J. McAdoo		1:22	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A. Varejao	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
S. Curry	DNP — INACTIVE
K. Looney	DNP — INACTIVE
Totals		240	42-88 (.477)	10-17 (.588)	14-29 (.483)	–	11	42	29	6	4	12	20	108

 

Portland
Player	Pos	Min	FGM-FGA	FTM-FTA	3PM-3PA	+/-	OR	Reb	A	Blk	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
A. Aminu	F	41:04	8-9	3-3	4-5	+9	1	10	0	1	0	1	3	23
M. Harkless	F	6:33	1-4	0-0	1-2	+1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	3
M. Plumlee	C	17:26	2-6	1-4	0-0	+5	3	7	2	1	0	1	5	5
D. Lillard	G	41:50	14-27	4-4	8-13	+7	3	5	10	0	0	3	2	40
C.J. McCollum	G	42:10	8-18	5-5	1-5	+15	1	5	4	0	1	1	2	22
A. Crabbe		30:01	2-8	4-5	2-4	+25	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	10
E. Davis		29:35	3-5	2-2	0-0	+7	2	10	0	2	1	2	2	8
G. Henderson		23:07	2-8	3-4	1-1	-5	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	8
B. Roberts		5:45	0-1	1-2	0-0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
P. Connaughto		0:50	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
L. Montero		0:50	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N. Vonleh		0:50	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C. Kaman	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
C. Alexander	DNP — INACTIVE
M. Leonard	DNP — INACTIVE
Totals		240	40-86 (.465)	23-29 (.793)	17-30 (.567)	–	11	41	19	4	5	10	19	120

 

Officials: Mike Callahan, Pat Fraher, Bill Kennedy Time of Game: 2:27