Stephen Curry scored 38 factors to guide the Golden State Warriors to a 128-120 victory over the host Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday.
Curry equalled a season excessive with eight 3-pointers because the Warriors gained for the third consecutive sport. The Thunder misplaced for the third time in 9 video games.
Golden State led by as many as 21 factors within the third quarter, however its lead dwindled to 2 within the fourth.
Jordan Poole and Curry hit 3-pointers in a three-possession span to increase the lead again out to eight with 2:35 to go, then the Warriors hit 7 of 8 on the foul line the remainder of the way in which to keep up their lead.
Curry and Draymond Green every had 12 of Golden State’s 37 assists.
Klay Thompson added 28 factors whereas Poole and Andrew Wiggins, who returned from a two-game absence resulting from non-COVID sickness, scored 15 every.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 31 factors on 10-of-24 capturing, regardless of going simply 1-for-8 from the ground within the first quarter.
Josh Giddey added 21 factors and Jalen Williams 19 for Oklahoma City.
The Warriors seized management late within the first quarter with a 19-5 run to leap forward by 20, 38-18.
Donte DiVincenzo scored eight consecutive Golden State factors throughout the stretch because the Warriors went 7-for-11 to shut the quarter.
Golden State hit eight first-quarter 3-pointers, whereas the Thunder made simply eight whole discipline objectives.
The Warriors led by 21 early within the third quarter earlier than Oklahoma City started its third-quarter push with a 20-10 run, then Mike Muscala hit a 3-pointer on the buzzer to chop the deficit to 9 going into the fourth.
Thunder coach Mark Daigneault modified his typical rotation, preserving Gilgeous-Alexander within the lineup to begin the fourth.
It paid off, as Oklahoma City pulled inside two with a 13-4 run early within the quarter that included a Gilgeous-Alexander pull-up 3-pointer.
Jaylin Williams’ step-back 3-pointer with simply greater than eight minutes left reduce Golden State’s result in 100-98. But that was as shut because the Thunder may get.
