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Buddy Hield, Warriors blow out Blazers in season opener
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Buddy Hield, Warriors blow out Blazers in season opener

NBA: Golden State Warriors vs. Portland Trail BlazersOctober 23, 2024; Portland, Oregon, USA; Golden State Warriors shooting guard De’Anthony Melton (8) dunks the ball during the second half against the Portland Trailblazers at Moda Center. Mandatory credit: Stephen Brashear-Imagn images

Buddy Hield made five 3-pointers and scored 22 points off the bench in his Golden State debut, leading the Warriors to a convincing 139-104 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers in the season opener for both teams.

Andrew Wiggins scored 20 points and Stephen Curry added 17 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in three quarters for the Warriors, who opened a season without Klay Thompson on the roster for the first time since the 2010-11 season.

Moses Moody had 15 points and Trayce Jackson-Davis added 14 for Golden State, which has won seven straight games against Portland and 11 of the past 12. The Warriors led by as many as 37 points and had a 57-rebound rebound advantage. 42.

Scoot Henderson led Portland with 22 points off the bench. Jerami Grant scored 16, Deni Avdija and Anfernee Simons each added 15, Toumani Camara had 11 and DeAndre Ayton recorded 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Portland played without Shaedon Sharpe (shoulder), Robert Williams III (hamstring) and Matisse Thybulle (knee).

Jonathan Kuminga and De’Anthony Melton each had 10 points for the Warriors, who shot 51.6 percent from the field and were 20 of 48 from three-point range. Wiggins earned four treys, and Curry and Moody had three each.

The Trail Blazers shot 39.1 percent from the field and were a shaky 8 of 34 from behind the arc.

Golden State led by 12 at halftime and increased the margin to 29 late in the third quarter.

Portland trailed 74-63 after Grant drained a trey with 6:48 left in the period before the Warriors reeled off 15 straight points.

Curry led off with a 3-pointer, Wiggins buried one and Curry hit another to make it 83-63 with 5:36 left.

Hield made a three-pointer and converted a three-point play in the span of 18 seconds to push the lead to 26 with four minutes remaining.

A dunk by Melton made it 97-68 with 59.3 seconds left, and in the final 12 minutes it was 99-72.

A 3-pointer by Moody pushed the lead over 30 for the first time at 123-91 with 3:25 left as the Warriors raced to the finish.

Golden State trailed 12-3 after an extremely slow start. The Warriors missed their first ten field goal attempts until Draymond Green scored on a layup with 6:27 left in the quarter.

But the score was tied at 21 at the end of the quarter, and the Warriors scored 41 points in the second on 14-of-26 shooting to build a 62–50 halftime lead.

–Field-level media