PORTLAND, Ore. — Guard Stephen Curry scored 33 points and handed out 10 assists to lead the Golden State past the Portland Trail Blazers 122-108 Tuesday night at the Moda Center, and the Warriors clinched their first division championship in 39 years.
Forward Andre Iguodala equaled his season high with 21 points, forward Draymond Green had 14 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, and center Andrew Bogut contributed 10 points, 16 rebounds and six assists to help the Warriors (58-13) seal the Pacific Division title for the first time since 1975-76.
Guard Damian Lillard collected 29 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Trail Blazers (44-25), who lost their fifth consecutive game. Guard C.J. McCollum added a career-high 23 points for the losers.
Golden State shot 60.2 percent from the field overall, knocked down 12 of 26 from 3-point range and hit 10 of 11 from the free-throw line. The Warriors came out on top in rebounds (46-35), points in the paint (52-40) and fast-break points (20-6). The Blazers shot 42.4 percent from the floor.
Portland took a 62-57 lead into intermission, Lillard’s 18 points leading the way. McCollum produced 10 first-half points off the bench for the Blazers, who had only two turnovers and were 10-for-10 from the foul line in the first half. Curry had 14 first-half points and Thompson 12 for the Warriors, who shot 56.1 percent, including 6-for-11 from 3-point range, and still trailed.
The Warriors went ahead 69-66 on a 3-point shot by Curry with 8:27 left in the third quarter. A no-look pass from Curry to Green for a dunk, then a Curry 3-pointer made it 80-69. The Warriors padded the advantage to 93-80 heading into the final period.
Golden State was ahead 96-80 early in the fourth quarter, but the Blazers rallied, guard Allen Crabbe’s 3-pointer drawing the home team within 100-91 with 8:01 to play. Portland never got closer than nine points the rest of the way.
NOTES: The Warriors matched the franchise record for road wins in a season. They own the best road record in the NBA (24-11). … The Trail Blazers were without injured starters G Wesley Matthews, F LaMarcus Aldridge and F Nicolas Batum as well as reserve C Chris Kaman. … Golden State sat reserve G Shaun Livingston. “No new injury, but he’s a little banged up,” Kerr said. “He has played a lot of minutes lately.” … The Warriors are 38-0 when holding opponents under 100 points. … The Blazers have a 24-8 record when Batum, Aldridge, Matthews, C Robin Lopez, G Damian Lillard were in the starting lineup together. They are 20-17 otherwise.