It wasn’t the easiest win for the Golden State Warriors, but it seemed far less intense than their second-round matchup against the Houston Rockets. The Warriors, who held the lead for the vast majority of the game, widened the margin with a second-half offensive onslaught.
The Warriors took a nine-point lead into half time after a three-point lead was stretched to nine by a couple of unanswered threes by Stephen Curry. Even in the third quarter, the Blazers continued to hang around. They entered the fourth quarter down just six.
Then the fourth quarter hit them like Curry’s second-half eruption hit the Rockets fanbase just a few days ago.