PORTLAND, Ore. -- Stephen Curry had just five points in the first half against the Portland Trail Blazers. He knew the second half was going to be different from his first shot.You see one go in and thats all you really need confidence-wise, he said. That first shot? It was a 3-pointer.Curry finished with 28 points, 23 in the third quarter alone, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Trail Blazers 127-104 on Tuesday night to extend their early season winning streak to three games.Ian Clark came off the bench with a career-high 22 points for the Warriors, who have rebounded after a season-opening loss to San Antonio. Kevin Durant added 20 points and Golden State rested its starters down the stretch after leading by as many as 35 points.Damian Lillard had 31 points for the Blazers, who fell in five games to the Warriors in the Western Conference semifinals last season. Playing the first of a back-to-back, Portland coach Terry Stotts also went to his reserves with eight minutes left.The Blazers beat the Warriors 137-105 in Portland last February, with Oakland native Lillard scoring a career-high 51 points against his hometown team. It was one of just nine losses for the Warriors. Lillard averaged 36.5 points against the Warriors last season.They played their game. In the first half, we were right there. In the second half, they stuck with it, Lillard said. Their defense was more consistent than ours, and their offense was more free than ours was. We needed to have more of a presence.Lillard scored with 0.3 seconds left to give the Blazers a 115-113 win at Denver on Saturday. He finished with 37 points.Clark, who averaged fewer than 3.0 points in Golden States first three games, scored 16 in the first half. Clarks 3-pointer midway through the second quarter extended Golden States lead to 47-38. Clark hit his first 3-point attempt after going 1 for 7 from the perimeter in the Warriors first three games.Lillards 3-pointer pulled the Blazers within 55-51 but Golden State led 59-53 at the break. Lillard finished the first half with 22 points in just under 18 minutes.CJ McCollum, who finished with 16 points, made consecutive 3s to pull Portland within 76-69.Curry made a layup and a free throw to put the Warriors up 94-71 late in the third quarter as the game slipped out of reach for Portland.Ive never seen anybody quite like him who can turn it on that quickly and turn a horrible game into a brilliant game, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. Thats what makes Steph who he is.Golden State was coming off a 106-100 victory over Phoenix on Sunday.TIP-INSWarriors: Kerr was asked pregame if the team was in danger of looking past Portland to the Thunder and Durants first game against his former team on Thursday. I dont know how youd look past the Blazers, Kerr said. ... Durant scored 94 points in his first three games as a Warrior. Only Wilt Chamberlain had more, with 120 points in his first three games with the Philadelphia Warriors.Trail Blazers: The sellout crowd was enthusiastic, even giving Lillard a standing ovation for an early 3-pointer that put Portland up 14-7. ... Lillard has scored at least 25 points against the Warriors in seven straight games.QUOTABLE:I told him he looked like Riley Curry in the first half and Steph Curry in the second half, Kerr said about his postgame chat with Curry. For the record, Riley Curry is 4 years old.WHO IS THAT GUY?:Jake Layman came off the bench in the fourth quarter for the Blazers, essentially in garbage time, and scored 17 points in eight minutes, including five 3-pointers.Hes the first Blazer ever to make five 3s in a debut, and finished one shy of the franchise record in a quarter. He had the most points for a first game with the Blazers since Lillard had 23 as a rookie in 2012.Layman was a second-round pick in last Junes NBA draft out of Maryland.In the position Im in, no matter when you go in youve got to play hard. Thats what was going through my mind, Layman said.AND HOW ABOUT CLARK?In his third fourth year out of Belmont, Clark averaged 3.0 points and 7.9 minutes in 119 games with one start going into this season. He was 8 of 8 from the field against the Blazers, becoming the first Golden State reserve to hit at least eight field goals in a game without a miss since Chris Mullin in a game against Milwaukee in 1996.BEEN A LONG TIME:Durant extended his streak of games with at least 20 points to 68, which is the longest since Michael Jordans 69-game streak in 1990-91, according to the Warriors.UP NEXTWarriors: Host the Thunder on Thursday, reuniting Durant with his former team.Trail Blazers: Open a three-game trip against the Suns on Wednesday night. 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After slipping from the summit during the week, the Gunners overcame struggling Crystal Palace 2-0 on Sunday thanks to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlains second-half brace. MINNEAPOLIS -- For the second straight day, the last-place Minnesota Twins were hanging in against a team vying for the American League wild card.Like the early loss in Thursdays doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers -- and much of the season -- Minnesotas bullpen fell apart late.Robinson Cano had four hits and two RBI. Nelson Cruz added a towering two-run homer among his four RBI, and the struggling Seattle Mariners offense got back on track in a 10-1 victory over the Twins on Friday night.Some bloops, some missed plays, some well-hit balls, and offensively we had nothing going against (James) Paxton, Minnesota manager Paul Molitor said. We had a couple scratch singles, but we didnt have much going. (Miguel) Sano got the triple. We got on the board, but not a particularly good game overall.Kyle Gibson (6-10) gave up two runs, five hits and four walks for the Twins, which lost their seventh straight and fell to 99 losses, matching the 99 in 2011.Its tough to be too satisfied with a game where you only went five innings, threw a hundred pitches and your team loses 10-1, Gibson said. I think theres some positives but its hard to focus on those at that time.Gibson said he felt he had better command, but the four walks were one off a season-high and the most hes had in his past six starts.He was around the zone for the most part, Molitor said. Checking in with our catcher, he said theyre balls. Theyre close, but theyre balls. So sometimes you get them, sometimes you dont but youve got to be able to pitch around those things.Paxton (5-7) struck out nine and allowed one run and five hits. The only blemish on his night was Sano leading off the seventh with a triple off the wall in right field and scoring on Kennys Vargas single.Cano and Mike Zunino had RBI bloop singles in the third and fourth, respectively, off Gibson before Seattle sscored six runs in the seventh against three Minnesota relievers.ddddddddddddThe bullpen had trouble containing again, Molitor said.The game was delayed by 35 minutes due to rain, marking the 14th delay or postponement in Minnesota this season.BUXTONS TOOLSTwins CF Byron Buxton displayed his athleticism when he made a leaping catch at the wall to rob Cruz of at least extra bases in the third. Video replay showed the ball likely would have hit near the top of the wall.But Cruz hit his 38th homer in the eighth, an estimated 455 feet, hitting off the stone facing above the batters eye in center field.I was grateful the air was a little heavy, Molitor said. Didnt seem to stop the second one. But when he hit it, I thought it was out of the park. And you know, as (Buxton) does, he ran a good route and got back there and gave him a chance to make the catch without the wall hitting the ball out of his glove.Buxton added an infield single for Minnesotas first hit when his grounder was stopped by a diving Adam Lind at first base. But Buxton beat Paxton to the base for a hit.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: RF Max Kepler was out of the lineup but was cleared to play after leaving Thursdays doubleheader with a mild neck strain from hitting the wall awkwardly. ... 1B Joe Mauer was out of the lineup for the third straight game as he deals with sore quadriceps. He hasnt started since Sept. 17.UP NEXTSeattle LHP Ariel Miranda (5-1, 3.88 ERA) hopes to keep his surprising run going on Saturday. Minnesota will send RHP Tyler Duffey (8-11, 6.39) to the mound. Miranda has gone 4-0 with a 2.16 ERA in his last four starts with 20 strikeouts in 25 innings. 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