Dubs blow out Grizzlies; Bucks hold off Celtics

Stephen Curry, Jordan Poole and Klay Thompson combined for 78 points, and the Golden State Warriors rode an offensive masterpiece to a 142112 victory over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night in San Francisco to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series.

Curry had a team-high 30 points, Poole 27 off the bench and Thompson 21 in his most productive effort of the series, helping Golden State run off to the first one-sided victory in the best-of-seven series.

Game 4 is scheduled for Monday night, also in San Francisco.

Coming off a 47-point explosion in a Game 2, Ja Morant led all scorers again with 34 points before taking the final 6:19 of the game off to have his right knee examined.

The Grizzlies led by as many as 13 before Golden State dominated the final 42 minutes of the game, shooting 63.1 percent overall and 53.1 percent on three-pointers.

Curry shot 7-for-14, Poole 11-for-17 and Thompson 8-for13 for Golden State. Almost half of Curry’s scoring came on a 14-for-14 performance from the free-throw line.

On a night when he passed Paul Pierce and Kevin McHale to move into 21st place on the NBA’s all-time postseason scoring list, Curry topped 30 points for the fourth time in these playoffs and 44th time in his career.

Draymond Green chipped in with five points, five rebounds and a game-high eight assists.

Jonathan Kuminga, who at age 19 became the youngest player in NBA history to start a playoff game, added 18 points for Golden State. Andrew Wiggins (17) and Otto Porter Jr. (13) gave the hosts six players in double figures.

Morant finished 13-for-21 from the field and 4-for-7 on three-pointers for the Grizzlies, who shot 43.5 percent overall and 37.2 percent on three-pointers. He also had team-highs in assists with seven and steals with three.

Bucks 103, Celtics 101 Giannis Antetokounmpo poured in 42 points and Milwaukeeovercame a fourth-quarter comeback to defeat visiting Boston and take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

After trailing by 13 in the fourth quarter, the Celtics came all the way back to take a one-point lead with 1:49 remaining when Jaylen Brown made a pair of free throws.

After Antetokounmpo scored to put the Bucks back into the lead, Jrue Holiday sank a turnaround jumper with 11.2 seconds remaining and Milwaukee was back up by three.

Marcus Smart was fouled with 4.6 seconds remaining, and after he made one free throw, he intentionally missed the second, the Celtics got the rebound, but Smart missed a fadeaway as the clock was running out and Al Horford’s tip-in to potentially tie things at 103-103 came just after the final buzzer.

Antetokounmpo added 12 rebounds and eight assists on 16-of-30 shooting to give the Bucks the series advantage. Holiday contributed 25 points and seven rebounds, and Brook Lopez chipped in 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Brown paced Boston with 27 points and 12 rebounds on 8-of-16 shooting. Horford supplied 22 points and 16 boards for the Celtics while Derrick White went for 14 points off the bench. (Reuters)