Jordan Poole exploded for 41 points and teamed with Klay Thompson and Donte DiVincenzo for three 3-pointers in a 16-2, game-ending flurry that allowed the Golden State Warriors to rally past the Portland Trail Blazers 118-112 on Friday in San Francisco.

After the teams traded 40-plus-point quarters — the Warriors had a 41-point first that helped them go up by 18, the Trail Blazers a 40-point third that vaulted them into as much as an 11-point lead — Portland took a 110-102 advantage on a Damian Lillard floater with 5:10 remaining before Golden State flipped the script.

Poole began the game-ending blitz with a short jumper at the 4:14 mark, after which Golden State’s Jonathan Kuminga dunked and Poole connected from 3-point range to make it a one-point game.

While Portland was going 4:08 without a point, Kuminga dunked again to give Golden State a lead it never relinquished. Thompson connected on a 3-pointer that made it a 114-110 game with 1:36 to go.

Lillard hit from the interior to end the Portland drought and cut the deficit in half with 1:02 to play, and the Trail Blazers had a chance to draw even when Poole lost the ball out of bounds.

However, DiVincenzo then stole the ball from Lillard and, 16 seconds later, produced the crushing blow with a 3-pointer that left the Trail Blazers in a 117-112 hole with 24.3 seconds to go.

Poole completed the game’s scoring with a free throw, leaving his point total two shy of the career high he established 12 days ago in Toronto.

He also contributed five rebounds and tied Kuminga for the team lead with six assists as the Warriors were once again without Stephen Curry (shoulder) and Andrew Wiggins (non-COVID illness).

Thompson finished with 31 points after hitting seven 3-pointers for Golden State, which won its fourth straight at home over the past six days. The Warriors outscored the Trail Blazers 51-36 from beyond the arc.

Draymond Green logged 10 points and a game-high-tying 11 rebounds, while Kevon Looney also grabbed 11 boards as the Warriors took advantage of the absence of Portland big man Jusuf Nurkic, out because of a non-COVID illness.

Lillard poured in a team-high 34 points in another of his San Francisco Bay Area homecomings. Anfernee Simons returned from a scary fall to chip in with 22 points for Portland, which lost for the fourth time in its past five games.

Portland’s Josh Hart matched Green and Looney’s game-high rebound total with 11 to go with 12 points and a game-high seven assists, while Jerami Grant added 19 points.

–Field Level Media