PORTLAND, Ore. — After scoring a career-high 41 points Saturday night against his childhood favorites, the Lakers, Klay Thompsondidn’t know how he possibly could top the performance. It took him only one night to figure it out. Thompson swooped into the lane and floated in a tough one-hander for a one-point lead with 8.9 seconds left, then teamed with Draymond Greento steal the ensuing inbounds pass, leading the Warriors to a 95-90 victory against Portland on Sunday night at the Moda Center. “Anytime there’s pressure, that trumps a big scoring night in a 20-point win,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerrsaid. “To me, this was even more impressive.” With the Warriors trailing 80-79 with 5:38 remaining, Kerr reinserted Stephen Curryand Thompson into the lineup. LaMarcus Aldridge tried to one-up everything the Warriors’ backcourt did, scoring 10 points in the final 5:06. His step-back jumper put Portland ahead 90-88 with 2:01 remaining, and the Warriors followed with three consecutive empty possessions, despite getting one decent look each for Curry and Thompson. Aldridge forced up an errant corner three-point shot with 32.9 seconds left, and Andre Iguodalaraced the length of the court to pick up a shooting foul. But he missed the second of two foul shots, leaving the Warriors behind 90-89 with 26.3 seconds on the clock. The Warriors trapped Wesley Matthewson the inbounds play and then knocked the ball away from Portland’s shooting guard. After a video review, they were awarded the ball out of bounds with 14.5 ticks remaining and designed a play for Thompson. If he was open when he came off a screen, Thompson would have fired a jumper, but Matthews stayed with him. Thompson tried to get to the rim, but Matthews remained right on his hip. So the shooting guard floated in the game-winner, giving him a game-high 29 points. “Those are the moments we play for, and that’s when it’s the most fun. That’s what the fans pay to see,” Thompson said. “I didn’t want to lay a dud after a great game (Saturday) night. The greats always come out and perform again.” After opening the season with victories at Sacramento and against the Lakers, this was the first real test of the Warriors’ season. They were playing on the second night of a back-to-back set against a playoff team that completely buys into a good defensive scheme. The Warriors responded by opening the season 3-0 for the first time since the 1994-95 squad started 5-0, and Kerr became the first Warriors head coach to win his first three games since Neil Johnstonin 1959. The Warriors have won 20 of their past 28 road games. They have won six of their past eight games against Portland.

Dollar Nears 7-Year High to Yen on U.S.; Gold, Ruble Drop

Pedestrians walk down Beale Street at dusk in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. U.S. data last week showed the world’s largest economy grew an annualized 3.5 percent in the third quarter, exceeding estimates. The dollar jumped to an almost seven-year high versus the yen and gold fell with oil as slowing Chinese manufacturing growth and the Bank of Japan’s unexpected stimulus highlighted diverging growth outlooks for the U.S., Asiaand Europe. The ruble fell and natural gas futures gained. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index advanced 0.2 percent by 7:14 a.m. in London, heading for a level last seen in June 2010 as the greenback bought 112.69 yen, the most since December 2007. The euro was near a two-year low and gold fell 0.2 percent to $1,170.31 an ounce in the spot market. West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 0.4 percent and gas futures surged 3.8 percent on forecasts for cold U.S. weather. U.S. and European equity-index futures were little changed. Russia’s currency slid 0.8 percent. Most major currencies were weaker against the dollar today after U.S. consumer-confidence and manufacturing reports Oct. 31 underscored the strength of the world’s biggest economy relative to the outlooks in Europe and Asia. An official gauge of Chinese factory output unexpectedly dropped in October, data at the weekend showed, while a private gauge today was unchanged from September. Japan’s markets are closed for a holiday after the country’s central bank surprised investors by increasing its unprecedented monetary easing program. “The dollar’s strength will continue to persist given the widening interest-rate outlooks between the U.S., Japanand Eurozone,” Audrey Goh, a Singapore-based investment strategist at Standard Chartered Plc, said by phone. “Growth momentum in the U.S. has been quite robust. Europe, on the other hand, is continuing to see weakening economic data. That will pressure the ECB to do more easing, following the BOJ’s move last week.” Precious Metals Gold extended declines today after sliding 2.2 percent Oct. 31 and touching $1,161.35, its lowest intraday price since July 2010. The precious metal dropped 4.7 percent last week to cap a second straight monthly loss. Silver slipped 1 percent to $16 an ounce today, after reaching $15.7908 Oct. 31, its lowest level since February 2010. Platinum fell 0.1 percent while palladium added 0.5 percent. The yen tumbled 2.9 percent Oct. 31 after the unexpected BOJ announcement, which saw five of nine BOJ board members -- including Governor Haruhiko Kuroda -- vote in favor of raising the annual target for enlarging the monetary base to 80 trillion yen ($710 billion), from a range of 60 to 70 trillion yen previously. The currency dropped as much as 0.6 percent today to 112.99 per dollar after losing 3.9 percent last week, its worst such slump since December 2009.