What we learned as Warriors waste another Steph Curry flurry in loss to Blazers

What we learned as Warriors waste another Steph Curry flurry in loss to Blazers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Steph Curry scored 48 points and made 12 3-pointers against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night at the Moda Center, yet the Warriors found themselves on the wrong side of an incredibly disappointing 136-131 loss.

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The Warriors now are 0-3 against the Blazers this season and fell below .500 (13-14) with the loss.

An abundance of heroics ended in frustration for Curry. He missed a layup with 29.6 seconds left that would have put the Warriors ahead by one point and then turned the ball over while double teamed on their next possession. Curry has combined to score 87 points with 18 threes in the Warriors’ last two games.

And the Warriors have lost both of them.

Jimmy Butler was the Warriors’ second-leading scorer with 16 points. Every starter scored in double figures and Brandin Podziemski dropped 12 off the bench, but the Warriors for the second straight game couldn’t find a second 20-point scorer on a night where the Blazers had three of them.

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Draymond Green, playing his first game in 10 days, had 14 points with a team-high eight rebounds and seven assists, but also turned the ball over eight times and was a team-worst minus-12.

Poor defense and too many turnovers again crushed the Warriors. The Blazers shot 50.6 percent from the field and made 20 threes at a 51.3-percent clip. They also scored 24 second-chance points off 10 offensive rebounds, as well as another 24 off 18 Warriors turnovers.

Here are three takeaways from the Warriors’ second straight loss.

Dray’s Day

The combination of a right foot sprain and excused personal reasons held Green out for each of the Warriors’ last three games. His impact on the Warriors’ offense was felt immediately Sunday night in Portland. Whether it was assisting or making one himself, Green had his hand in each of the Warriors’ first four made shots, which all were 3-pointers.

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But Green, knocking some rust off, also was responsible for the Warriors’ first three turnovers from a handful of errant passes…

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