The Warriors' Harrison Barnes remains stoic in the face of criticism: Harrison Barnes is calm about his place on the Warriors, calm about any recent shooting slump, calm about everything that might elicit the exact opposite reaction out of anybody else. He's aware of it all. He hears what's being said. He measures it, he thinks about it. -- San Jose Mercury News

How Warriors voice Jim Barnett helped transform Portland into 'Rip City': Jim Barnett, the longtime Warriors broadcaster, ran hot and cold during his NBA playing days. On nights when he was feeling it, he might launch from anywhere inside the half-court line, not unlike a certain modern Warriors star. -- Bay Area News Group

Warriors' turn to adjust in series with Trail Blazers: After being smoked in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals last Sunday, the Portland Trail Blazers made a couple changes for Game 2, turning the action in their favor for most of the game. It didn’t result in a victory, as the Warriors fashioned a fabulous fourth-quarter comeback, but it gave the defending champions a few things to think about. -- CSN Bay Area

Still not scrimmaging, Curry will 'probably not' play in Game 3: The Warriors on Thursday scrimmaged for the first time in a week, and Stephen Curry once again was a bystander. Curry, recovering from a sprained medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his right knee, continued his recent routine of individual work at an adjacent court, followed by a private session after his teammates had vacated the gym. -- CSN Bay Area

Stephen Curry probably won't play Saturday: Stephen Curry will probably be unable to play in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Portland Trail Blazers, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Thursday. "It's tough to see him playing Saturday," Kerr said of Game 3 at Portland. -- Bay Area News Group

Klay Thompson returns to childhood home: Warriors guard Klay Thompson spent a good chunk of his childhood in Portland, where his father, Mychal, began his NBA career with the Trail Blazers and settled after his playing days. Now he's looking forward to his first postseason action in the first NBA arena he grew to know so well when the Warriors' Western Conference semifinal series shifts to Portland for the next two games. -- Bay Area News Group

Festus Ezeli great in Game 2, will play in Game 3: Steve Kerr eased the minds of Warriors fans everywhere when he confirmed Thursday that yes, Festus Ezeli will play in Game 3 against the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday. -- Bay Area News Group

Curry unlikely to play Saturday in Game 3: And so the Curry Watch continues. Warriors guard Stephen Curry did drills on an adjacent court Thursday while his teammates went through practice. Head coach Steve Kerr said Curry probably will not play Saturday against the Trail Blazers in Portland. -- San Francisco Chronicle

Lillard says Blazers must be ‘sharp as possible’ late in games: Damian Lillard was so frustrated after Game 2 that on Wednesday, his day off, the Trail Blazers’ guard hardly wanted to see a basketball. “I wasn’t even going to watch the playoff game until I heard Cleveland was hitting a bunch of threes,” Lillard said of the Cavaliers’ 25-point, 25-three-pointers rout of Atlanta. -- San Francisco Chronicle

Blazers’ Mason Plumlee eager to cut down on mistakes in Game 3: During a meltdown that will long live in Trail Blazers infamy, a fan favorite authored perhaps the most head-scratching sequence. In three possessions late in the fourth quarter of Game 2 and with his team trailing by a point at Oracle Arena, Portland center Mason Plumlee committed a charge and twice got his shot blocked. -- San Francisco Chronicle

Stotts expects Stephen Curry to play Saturday in Game 3: You can find all sorts of insider information, guesses and speculation about whether Stephen Curry will play against the Trail Blazers Saturday night in Game 3 of their best-of-seven playoff series against the Golden State Warriors. The prevailing opinion seems to be that Curry won't return. But does Portland Coach Terry Stotts expect Curry -- who has been out with an MCL sprain to his right knee -- to be back in action?: "Yes," Stotts said with apparent certainty Thursday afternoon, prior to his team's practice. -- CSNNW.com

Portland Trail Blazers focused on 'sustaining at a high level' vs. Golden State Warriors: The day after a frustrating Game 2 loss to the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, Damian Lillard needed a break from basketball. "After the game I was pretty frustrated with not being able to finish that game," Lillard said at Blazers practice on Thursday. -- The Oregonian

Moe Harkless' frustrating, physical defense on Klay Thompson a positive for Trail Blazers vs. Golden State Warriors: There was a point in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals when the unthinkable happened. Klay Thompson, the Golden State Warriors' stoic and unflappable shooting guard, grew so frustrated by the physical, harassing defense of Moe Harkless, he shoved the Trail Blazers' small forward and earned a technical foul. -- The Oregonian

Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry unlikely to play in Game 3 vs. Trail Blazers: Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry is unlikely to return to the lineup when the Warriors first round series shifts to Portland for Game 3 on Saturday. "It's tough to see him playing Saturday," Warriors coach Steve Kerr told reporters in Oakland on Thursday afternoon. -- The Oregonian

Blazers need to maintain high level of play: The stage is bigger, the lights are brighter and Stephen Curry is nearing his return. In the middle of it all, are the young Portland Trail Blazers, still with plenty to learn. The Blazers returned to the practice court Thursday after their most gut-wrenching loss of the postseason. Portland faces an 0-2 deficit against the defending champion Golden State Warriors, who won the first two games without Curry. -- The Columbian

It's all a best-case scenario for the amazingly rebounded Shaun Livingston: Shaun Livingston says he feels good about carrying a 2-0 lead into Saturday’s Game 3 of the Trail Blazers-Warriors series at Moda Center. “It’s the best-case scenario for us going on the road to Portland,” the Golden State guard says. -- The Portland Tribune