Warriors 122, Trail Blazers 108
Stephen Curry had 33 points and 10 assists as visiting Golden State clinched the Pacific Division for the first time in 39 years.
Andre Iguodala matched his season-high with 21 points off the bench as the Warriors shot a season-high 60.2 percent from the floor while extending their winning streak to seven games. Klay Thompson added 16 points, Draymond Green had 14 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists and Andrew Bogut finished with 10 points and 16 rebounds for Golden State.
Damian Lillard shot 6-for-11 from 3-point range and scored 29 points and C.J. McCollum scored a career-high 23 points off the bench for the Trail Blazers, who extended their season-long losing streak to five games while playing without leading scorer LaMarcus Aldridge (hand) and fellow starter Nicolas Batum (back). Dorell Wright started in place of Aldridge and contributed 12 points.
Golden State, which held the Washington Wizards to one field goal in the third quarter of its home victory Monday night, seized control in the third quarter again. Alonzo Gee and Lillard made baskets on Portland’s first two possessions of the second half to move ahead 66-59, but the Warriors used an 11-0 run shortly afterward to take its biggest lead at 80-69.
The Trail Blazers cut the deficit to five on Lillard’s 3-pointer with three minutes left in the third quarter, but that was as close as they’d get before Golden State moved back up by 13 heading into the fourth. Portland could only get as close as nine with 8:02 remaining in the fourth before Curry and Green made back-to-back baskets out of a timeout and the Trail Blazers never got back within single digits.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Warriors won their 24th road game this season, tying the franchise record set in 1991-92 and tied in last season. …. Golden State finished with 37 assists, the league-leading 26th time this season the Warriors have had at least 30 helpers, compared to eight times all of last season. … Golden State’s starting five of Curry, Thompson, Green, Bogut and Harrison Barnes improved to 44-5 on the season, the best starting five record (minimum 20 games) since the NBA began tracking the stat in 1970-71.