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  • Klay Thompson continues strong start, posterizes Robin Lopez, hits game-winner to beat Blazers (Videos) (Ball Don't Lie)

Klay Thompson continues strong start, posterizes Robin Lopez, hits game-winner to beat Blazers (Videos) (Ball Don’t Lie)

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Published November 3, 2014 at 7:45 AM
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It's not easy to come up with a satisfactory bookend to a weekend that began with a four-year, $70 million contract extension . Draining a game-winner over a tough defender stuck in your hip pocket to beat a conference rival and keep your team undefeated, though ... well, I mean, it's not $70 million good, but Klay Thompson and the Golden State Warriors sure seemed to dig it. With 14.5 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and the Portland Trail Blazers leading 90-89 at the Moda Center on Sunday night, the Warriors prepared to inbound the ball in search of a go-ahead bucket. Coaches always tell their defenders to keep an eye on the inbounder in late-game situations like these; you'd figure Terry Stotts was especially interested in his Blazers doing so in this case, considering the triggerman was All-Star sharpshooter Stephen Curry. As it turned out, though — and as it's been throughout the first three games of the season — the other "Splash Brother" was the man to watch: [ Yahoo Sports Fantasy Basketball: Sign up and join a league today! ] As the play began, Curry inbounded to Andre Iguodala on the left wing and Thompson sprinted from the right corner along the...

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