Takes 2OT For Warriors 1st Win

February 15, 1999 / 12:03 AM EST / AP

Chris Mills hit a game-tying 3-pointer in the final moments of overtime and a go-ahead jumper in the second OT as the Golden State Warriors beat the Portland Trail Blazers 105-100 Sunday night.

It was the first win of the season for Golden State after opening with five losses, including a double-overtime defeat to Dallas on Feb. 7.

Terry Cummings led the Warriors with 24 points, including six points in the second overtime when Golden State outscored Portland 11-6. John Starks added 18 points, Donyell Marshall 14 and Mills 13.

Arvydas Sabonis led Portland with 23 points. Damon Stoudamire added 18, Isiah Rider had 17 and Rasheed Wallace 16.

Trailing 93-89 in the first OT after a three-point play by Stoudamire, Golden State got a 14-foot jumper from Muggsy Bogues to get within two. Stoudamire was then fouled on a drive through the lane by Starks, who fouled out, and made one of his two free throws with 18 seconds left.

Tony Delk missed a 3-point try, Cummings got the rebound and shoveled a pass to the right corner for Mills, who drained the 3-pointer with four seconds left to force the second overtime.

After trading baskets, Mills hit a 17-foot jumper to put Golden State up 98-96 with 2:25 remaining. Cummings had a tip-in and a pair of free throws sandwiched around Stoudamire's 8-foot runner to keep Golden State in front 102-98.

Jim Jackson made a pair of free throws with 49 seconds remaining and Portland had a chance to tie it up again, but Wallace missed a turnaround jumper and Mills secured the rebound and the game.

Portland tied it at 86-all when Sabonis made one of two free throws with 4.8 seconds remaining in regulation. Both teams had a chance to win it, but Golden State turned it over immediately after an inbounds pass and Portland couldn't get a shot off in the final moments.

Notes: Golden State's Adonal Foyle missed the game with a sprained right ankle. ... The Warriors have held fourth-quarter leads in four of the last five games. ... Jackson, who joined Portland after leaving Golden State as a free agent, had nine points in 28 minutes in his return to Oakland. ... Portland lost for just the second time in the last seven meetings between the teams.