For three and a half quarters, the Warriors put together another focused and poised effort in their second game without Steph Curry. But systems collapsed late in the fourth quarter, leading to Golden State’s 125-122 loss to the Trail Blazers in Portland on Wednesday night.
The Warriors looked primed to take off for a win after using a 17-4 run to erase an 11-point deficit and take a four-point lead into halftime. But the home team rallied back in the second half to make for a tense fourth quarter.
Unhelpful to the Warriors’ cause was a four-plus-minute scoring drought late in the fourth quarter, negating a handful of stops the defense managed, including a huge block by Draymond Green at the rim. Portland pulled away.
