Only a bouncing ball on the rim on a three-point attempt by Evan Turner allowed the Golden State Warriors to escape Portland with a 113-111 victory on Sunday night. Kevin Durant scored 33 points, grabbed 10 boards and dished out six dimes to lead the Warriors, who were without their captain and 2-time MVP Stephen Curry, who was out with the stomach flu.
Durant came up huge down the stretch for the Warriors scoring on consecutive possessions, one on a Zaza Pachulia tip-out and the other a floater in the lane. He was the money man for the Warriors tonight and the team relied on him heavily in the fourth quarter.