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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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Newcomers dont take long to impact college basketball -- not in this world of one-and-dones and transfers. Over a two-week span, we will look at the top five newcomers in each of the 10 biggest conferences. Next up is the Mountain West.Looking for those off-the-radar talents who could develop into big names? Look no further than the Mountain West Conference, which has produced several players who fit that description through the years.San Diego State, the perennial favorite, could again be headed for a top-25 ranking thanks to its group of newcomers. But dont be surprised if Fresno State, which won the league tournament last season, contends for the top spot.Montaque Gill-Caesar, San Diego State AztecsThe Aztecs have a pair of potential instant-impact newcomers, including Washington State graduate transfer?Valentine Izundu. The 6-foot-10 center should help their always-tough defense as a rim protector.Gill-Caesar, though, is a bucket-getter who should contribute where they need it the most. SDSU finished second to last in the Mountain West in scoring offense, averaging just 68.6 points per game. Gill-Caesar ranked No. 41 in the 2014 ESPN 100 and originally signed with Missouri. His freshman season was marred in part by a back injury he suffered midway through the year. He never quite had the same bounce after the injury although he still managed to average 9.1 points per game.The 6-foot-6 guard fits the mold of the versatile and athletic types coach Steve Fisher likes in his lineups. His length will make him an invaluable piece on the front line of the Aztecs pressure defense. But his ability to score will help compensate for the loss of Winston Shepard.William McDowell-White, Fresno State BulldogsFresh off its first NCAA tournament appearance since 2001, Fresno State believes it can sustain its success from last season. The addition of McDowell-White is a big reason why.McDowell-White joined his brother Darryl, a 6-foot-1 guard, who committed to Fresno State in January. The Bulldogs beat Texas A&M and Arizona State for the 6-foot-5 Aussie guard, who also garnered at least peripheral interest from Michigan State, Kansas and Kentucky. The Bulldogs dont normally roam in those recruiting neighborhoods, much less actually land their target. That in itself is a sign of progress for coach Rodney Terrys program.With a tailor-made NBA point guards frame, McDowell-White has the Bulldogs thinking theyve got the backcourt help needed to replace their veteran backcourt of Mountain West Player of the Year Marvelle Harris and floor leader Cezar Guerrero.McDowell-White still has to develop into a more consistent shooter, but his floor vision and ability to run a team is a step ahead of other Mountain West freshmen.Marcus Marshalll, Nevada Wolf PackThe Wolf Pack return four players who each started at least 30 games last season, but none are as gifted a scorer as Marshall.dddddddddddd. He could be the most important of the 10 newcomers on the Packs roster.They ranked last in the Mountain West in 3-point percentage last season, shooting just 30.7 percent. Marshall is a career 39 percent shooter from behind the arc.Marshall will have only one season of eligibility at Nevada. He sat out last season after transferring from Missouri State, where he was the 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year. He averaged 19.5 points per game and shot 45.6 percent from 3-point range in 14 games during that season.The asterisk that comes with Marshall stems from his final season at Missouri State. He was suspended for conduct detrimental to the team, after which he announced the rare mid-January transfer.Christian Jones, UNLV RebelsUNLV coach Marvin Menzies filled out the majority of his roster after he was hired in late April. Jones, a graduate transfer from St. Johns, came on board in June and should provide instant help to a depleted frontcourt.Jones is just the kind of player Menzies needs in his first season to conform to his playing style. Jones isnt the type to play outside of his capabilities. He knows what earns him playing time and delivers. The 6-foot-7 forward averaged 8.4 points and 5.2 rebounds for the Red Storm last season.Jones scored a career-high 29 points against Marquette in the Big East tournament last season.?Uche Ofoegbu, a San Francisco graduate transfer, may be more important from a scoring?sense for UNLV. But in addition to being sound offensively, Jones will help on the boards, where the Rebels lost the majority of their frontcourt rebounding with the departures of Stephen Zimmerman Jr. and Derrick Jones Jr.Jalen Harris, New Mexico LobosThe 6-foot-4 combo guard from the same North Carolina academy that John Wall once attended may not earn a starting spot for the Lobos this season. But he should have an impact.Cullen Neals decision to transfer opened up the possibility for Harris to compete for minutes as a freshman. Hes capable of playing the pace that coach Craig Neal likes to play. In fact, he could be the fastest guard on the co