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GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS forward Draymond Green, right, shoots against Portland Trail Blazers center Mason Plumlee during the second half in Game 2 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS forward Draymond Green, right, shoots against Portland Trail Blazers center Mason Plumlee during the second half in Game 2 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday.
OAKLAND, Calif.

Klay Thompson scored 27 points and gave Golden State its first lead of the game on a 3-pointer with 5:33 left, and the Warriors rallied to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 110-99 on Tuesday night for a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series.

Draymond Green added 17 points, 14 rebounds, seven assists and four blocked shots in another win without injured Stephen Curry, sidelined with a sprained MCL in his right knee.

Game 3 is Saturday in Portland, and the reigning MVP might be back for that one.

NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala’s two free throws at 7:25 trimmed the Blazers’ lead to 91-88 and Thompson’s 3 at 6:44 tied it, igniting the sellout crowd inside deafening Oracle Arena as the defending champions erased an early 17-point deficit.

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Damian Lillard had 25 points and six assists, and CJ McCollum added 22 points as Portland hit 13 3- pointers.

For most of the night, the energized Blazers did everything the defending champions typically do on their impenetrable home court: making the zippy pass, setting the tone on the defensive end, crashing the boards, answering any threat with a big basket.

“We played three really good quarters. We showed we can compete with them,” Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. “It got away from us in the fourth quarter. It’s disappointing to lose a game you’re competitive and you’re in position to win in the fourth quarter. We’ve got to close it out. It was an opportunity to get a win on the road. We’ve got to learn from it.”

Shaun Livingston scored 14 points for his fifth double-digit performance during these playoffs filling in for Curry. Little-used Festus Ezeli contributed eight points and six rebounds down the stretch.

Thompson, coming off a career playoff-high 37 points in Sunday’s 118-106 Game 1 win, shot 7 for 20 with five 3- pointers. Andre Iguodala made all five of his first-half shots for 11 of his 15 points to go with five rebounds and four assists, helping Golden State get back within 59-51 at the break.

The Blazers switched up defenders to swarm Thompson, from Allen Crabbe to Al-Farouq Aminu, Maurice Harkless and others.

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Portland shot 66.7 percent in the first quarter to take a 34-21 lead — quite the opposite of when the Blazers trailed 37-17 after the first period two days earlier in a 118-106 loss.

So out of sync were the Warriors early that at one point Curry could be seen emphatically adding his input in the middle of the coaches’ huddle and again to teammates.

The Warriors won their sixth straight at home against Portland, all by double figures for a total margin of victory of 89 points.

Heat 102, Raptors 96, OT

HEAT 102, RAPTORS 96, OT

TORONTO (AP) — Goran Dragic scored 26 points, Dwyane Wade had seven of his 24 in overtime after Kyle Lowry’s halfcourt shot tied it at the buzzer, and Miami beat Toronto in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

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Joe Johnson scored 16 points and Josh Richardson had 11. Hassan Whiteside had 17 rebounds for the Heat.

Game 2 is Thursday night in Toronto.

Lowry’s improbable 3- pointer from his own side of the halfcourt line capped Toronto’s six-point comeback in the final 20 seconds of regulation, but the Raptors couldn’t deliver in the extra session. Toronto went scoreless for the first 3:46 of overtime before DeMar DeRozan hit a jumper.

Jonas Valanciunas had 24 points and 14 rebounds, and DeRozan added 22 points for the Raptors, who dropped to 1-9 in the opening game of a postseason series.


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