OAKLAND -- This won't be a series where the Warriors get help from their dysfunctional opponent. These aren't the Houston Rockets they're facing.
This Portland team -- young, overmatched and counted out -- is going to make the Warriors earn this series. Without Stephen Curry to lean on, the Warriors won't have the luxury of coasting and flipping a switch. The Blazers can make them pay unlike few teams in the league.At some point, perhaps after coach Steve Kerr bit their heads off in a fourth-quarter timeout, the Warriors players recognized the gravity of the circumstances. They locked in, took control of the game and pulled away down the stretch for a 110-99 win on Tuesday.