Jimmy Butler III made 24 points and seven assists and visited Golden State Warriors, defeating 103-86 Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night and won a win.
The win takes Warriors to 48-33 with La Clippers on Sunday with the last normal season matches at home. Golden State is currently connected with Timberwolves for the sixth seed at the Western Conference and owner Tiebreaker on Minnesota. Warriors are a game behind Nuggets and Clippers, the fourth place. Golden State has tiebreaker on Denver, but not La.
Buddy finished with 16 points for Hield Warriors. Jabari directed Walker Blazers with 19. 86 points were the lowest level of the season for Portland (35-46).
Warriors’ ninth flat victory against Blazers and 13th in the last 14 meetings.
Blazers’ leading scorer Anfernee Simons, including eight players on the list were eight players.
Blazers rookie Donovan Clingan made Portland a good start and won six straight points to open the competition, and Portland took 20-14 ahead after Rupert lasted with 2:54 in the first quarter of Rupert, but Warriors would not score again for more than three minutes. Golden State, the first and second quarter, bounded by a pair of free throws by a 14-0 run, set up a bridge to lead a leadership that they will never lose.
In the first half, Hield went to Warriors from 3 points to 7 to 7, and Portland’s crime sprayed and hit 31.9 percent in the first half. The Golden State took the lead 50-37 between the circuit.
Golden State built a large up to 25 in the third quarter, but then allowed Blazers to withdraw to 67-52 and went for six minutes without a basket.
At the end of the first quarter, Curry left the game with a wounded thumb. In the second quarter, he returned with a thumb wrapped with a white band. Curry went to 14 to 6, from 3 points to 2 and did not play in the fourth quarter.
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