Overview

• Golden State beat Portland 129-123 at Chase Center after trailing by as many as 21, with reserves pouring in 51 fourth-quarter points.
• Quinten Post led the Warriors with 20 points, Buddy Hield added 13 and Jimmy Butler had 12, while Stephen Curry logged 11 points and three assists.
• The veteran core sat the second half, with Butler at 17 minutes, Curry and Draymond Green at 16 each, and Al Horford at 11 in a planned light workload.
• Steve Kerr said, “I didn’t think we were ready to play,” after the new starting group opened flat despite ongoing experimentation with Al Horford starting and Moses Moody at shooting guard.
• Context for the preseason: Jonathan Kuminga finalized a two-year, $46.8 million deal with a team option and the Warriors added Horford, Seth Curry and De’Anthony Melton, while around the West the Rockets are adjusting after Fred VanVleet’s ACL tear as Kevin Durant said he would be open to a Russell Westbrook signing.