Warriors vs Trail Blazers: Game 3 Score, Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Playoffs

For three weeks, some have been wondering when the Golden State Warriors would show their first sign of slippage without Stephen Curry. Their answer came Saturday night.

Damian Lillard scored 40 points and Al-Farouq Aminu had a career night, as the Portland Trail Blazers lit the nets on fire in a 120-108 blowout of the defending champions at the Moda Center. Golden State holds a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven semifinal series.

The Blazers shot 46.5 percent from the floor and made 17 of their 30 shots from three-point range. They built their lead largely on the back of a 36-18 second quarter. Lillard, whose 40 points were a playoff career high, scored 25 as part of the first-half run and had 14 in the second quarter. 

The All-Star point guard finished with eight threes, and he added 10 assists for his first double-double of these playoffs. He’s the first Blazer since Arvydas Sabonis in 1996 to have four straight postseason games of 25 or more points. While there are few NBA players worthy of a Chance the Rapper meme, Lillard is one:

DAME 3 pic.twitter.com/SJq7UtdVHc

— #TRILLBLAZIN# (@TRILLBLAZIN) May 8, 2016

Aminu was his co-star every step of the way, hitting his first eight shots en route to a 23-point, 10-rebound breakout. The defensive-minded forward, who became comfortable beyond the three-point arc for the first time in his career this season, couldn’t miss. He was 4-of-5 from distance and was responsible for 11 points in the critical second quarter.

His performance had some Pelicans fans lamenting the loss of the former New Orleans forward:

Al-Farouq Aminu out playing Harrison Barnes. This might be the darkest Pelican timeline.*After Demps maxes Barnes ????

— The Bird Writes …

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