Donovan Clingan had a career-high 22 points (14 in the paint) and 10 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Golden State Warriors 127-123 to end a 4-game losing streak.
Deni Avdija’s 2 free throws put the Trail Blazers ahead for good with 9:15 left in the fourth quarter.
The Warriors got within 119-118 on Gary Payton II’s cutting layup with 1:43 to play, but Caleb Love answered with a 3-pointer, and the Warriors got no closer than 122-120.
Avdija’s 2 free throws with 9.8 seconds left made it 127-123 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Trail Blazers outscored the Warriors 16-10. Love scored 8 of the Trail Blazers’ 16 on 3 for 4 shooting.
Love scored a career-high 26 points with 6 3-pointers off the bench. Avdija added 26 points and a career-high 13 assists, and Toumani Camara scored 20 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) on 7 for 11 shooting. The Trail Blazers had 4 20-point scorers. Avdija and Clingan set each other up for 7 baskets and 15 points.
For the Warriors, Stephen Curry scored 38 points with 9 3-pointers, and Jimmy Butler III added 20 points and 8 rebounds but shot 5 for 15. Brandin Podziemski had 20 points and 3 steals off the bench. The Warriors had 3 20-point scorers.
The Warriors gave up 21 offensive rebounds, about 10 more than usual for the shots the Trail Blazers missed. The Warriors outscored the Trail Blazers 18-7 in 6 minutes with Butler, Green, Hield, Podziemski and Post on the floor together.