The Warriors' belief in Durant able to return soon, as well as the team's ability to handle the Trail Blazers without him, was well founded.
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, left, talks with head coach Steve Kerr during the first half of an National Basketball Association game Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, against the Detroit Pistons in Oakland, Calif. That series is now deadlocked at two games apiece. Their head coach, Steve Kerr was still sidelined with an illness. It was announced a few hours before Game 3 that he would stay back at the team hotel.
Steph Curry celebrates the Warriors' sweep of the Blazers following a 123-109 Game 4 rout.
Next up for the Warriors is the victor of the Utah Jazz-Los Angeles Clippers series.
The Warriors were also without head coach Steve Kerr, who will also miss the game because of symptoms related to back surgery. The largest margin was 33.
Durant finished with 10 points in just under 21 minutes.
"The way we played tonight on both ends of the floor is a great recipe for success down the road: moving the ball, swarming on defense, turning defense into easy offense and using all the talent that we have on the floor". "The coaches I have around me all kind of put me at ease, and it turns into a real fluid situation", Brown said. "Fun to be a part of".
But had the Kings been in the Blazers spot, would we be talking about it being a growth year? It is a must-win game for the Blazers; else this is going to be their last game of the season too.
WHAT'S NEXT: The Warriors now await the victor of the Clippers-Jazz first-round series.
Serge Ibaka scored 19 points and DeMar DeRozan had 18 for the Raptors, who can advance to face defending champion Cleveland in the second round with a victory in Game 6 at Milwaukee on Thursday night. Matt Barnes and Shaun Livingston have been out due to injury as well.
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The live streaming of NBA Playoff game between Golden State Warriors - Portland Trail Blazers will be telecasted on TNT, CSN Bay area. On Apr. 22nd, The Warriors held on to beat the Blazers 119-113.
A day later, Warriors GM Bob Myers was scheduled to address the media, but Kerr showed up instead and said he wouldn't be available for Game 4, either. He was ruled out of Monday's game.
A 14-0 run started things off, and nothing got better for Portland. Their starters posted the following numbers in the ever-popular +/- statistic: Curry: 26, Thompson: 24, Pachulia: 24, Green: 22, Durant: 24. The Warriors have led most of the series and do not look to let up during this game 4.
Golden State scored the first six points of the third quarter to forge a 78-48 lead. The Blazers' backcourt of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum is one of the best in the league and Jusuf Nurkic was a huge addition at the trade deadline, averaging a double-double during his time in Portland.
"They came out really energized, focused". "We were slow to react to it and we just couldn't get it going".
Many in the sellout crowd of 20,251 rose to their feet and chanted "Raps in six" in the final minute of the game. I'm not going to do that to our team or our staff.
Warriors: The previous time the Warriors swept a playoff series was in 2015 against New Orleans. The Warriors were also four shy of the franchise playoff single-quarter record. The Warriors improved to 12-1 in the first round over the past three postseasons.
Kerr said he will determine the next step in the coming days, but it "wouldn't be a scenario" where he coaches one game and doesn't the next. However, he was at the Moda Center for Monday's game. Brown said he expects that Kerr will watch the game from the locker room.
It is unclear how long he might be out.
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