Trail Blazers 113, Warriors 101
LaMarcus Aldridge posted season highs of 30 points and 21 rebounds as visiting Portland got hot late against Golden State and extended its winning streak to 10 straight games.
Wesley Matthews scored 23 points on 8-of-9 shooting before being ejected for drawing his second technical foul during a skirmish in the third. Damian Lillard recorded 20 points and nine assists for Portland, which outscored the Warriors 44-22 after tempers flared late in the third quarter.
Klay Thompson scored 30 points on 10-of-13 shooting before fouling out late in the fourth quarter for Golden State, which dropped its season-high third straight game. Stephen Curry contributed 22 points and 11 assists after missing the previous two games with a mild concussion and David Lee added 15 points and 12 boards.
Warriors center Andrew Bogut and Blazers center Joel Freeland got tangled up after Matthews hit a 3-pointer and Matthews, Portland guard Mo Williams, Aldridge and Golden State forward Draymond Green rushed in as the shoving continued toward the benches. Williams and Green were ejected and six total technical fouls were handed out.
Aldridge tied it at 86 on a three-point play and the Blazers took their first lead since the first quarter when Freeland knocked down a jumper to make it 94-92 with 7:33 to play. Portland pushed it out to 107-94 on Nicolas Batum’s 3-pointer and easily closed it out.
Matthews came out on fire and knocked down 3-pointers on three straight possessions as the Trail Blazers shot out to a 19-12 lead. The Warriors came back to take the lead before the end of the first quarter and pushed it to double figures in the second, stretching the lead to 49-37 on Curry’s layup with 3:04 left in the quarter before taking a 54-49 lead into the break.
Curry hit two straight 3-pointers during a personal 8-0 run early in the third to put Golden State up 70-56. It was a 13-point margin with just over five minutes left in the third before Portland went to work, getting eight points apiece from Lillard and Matthews to trim it to 84-81 heading to the final period.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Lee recorded his 300th career double-double and has scored in double figures in 90 straight games - the most for the franchise since Chris Mullin posted 301 from 1989-93. … Aldridge posted his second career 30-20 game and third career 20-20 contest. … Golden State G/F Andre Iguodala (strained hamstring) missed the game and is out indefinitely.