Curry scores 49 to lead GSW victory
He goes 10-for-17 on 3s in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — Stephen Curry hit 10 3-pointers and scored 49 points to extend his sizzling stretch, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 107-96 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.
Curry’s 3 that tied the game at 86-all gave him 11 straight games with 30 or more points, topping Kobe Bryant for the most by any player 33 or older. Curry, who turned 33 last month, also has the longest 30-point game streak by a Warriors player since Wilt Chamberlain in 1964.
Curry had his fifth 40-point game in April and topped Bryant and Michael Jordan for most 40-point games in a month by a player 33 or older.
He buried 3s late in the fourth for leads of 91-90 and 96-92 to whisk the Warriors past the top team in the Eastern Conference. Joel Embiid, who scored 28 for the 76ers, threw the ball away and Andrew Wiggins scored on the other end to put away the game.
The Sixers played without All-Star Ben Simmons (illness) and starting forward Tobias Harris (20.5 points; sore right knee).
JAZZ 111, LAKERS 97: In Los Angeles, Jordan Clarkson scored 22 points, Joe Ingles added 21 with five 3-pointers and Utah beat the Lakers, splitting their series with the defending NBA champs.
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 19 points as NBA-leading Utah avenged the Lakers’ 127-115 overtime victory on Saturday night. The Jazz rested Rudy Gobert, Mike Conley Jr. and Derrick Favors in the first game on the second night of a back-to-back set, but all three returned for the rematch at Staples Center.
Leading scorer Donovan Mitchell is still out for Utah, while LeBron James and Anthony Davis are still out for Los Angeles.
Talen Horton-Tucker scored a career-high 24 points for the Lakers.
BULLS 102, CELTICS 96: In Boston, Nikola Vucevic had 29 points and nine rebounds, and Chicago held off the Celtics.
Coby White added 19 points and seven assists to help the Bulls snap Boston’s season-high six-game winning streak. Chicago has won its last two since a five-game skid.
Boston led by 12 in the second quarter but struggled to execute down the stretch and finished with 17 turnovers.
The Celtics played without Kemba Walker (non-COVID19-related illness), Evan Fournier (health and safety protocols) and Robert Williams (sore left knee).
HEAT 113, ROCKETS 91: In Miami, the Heat were missing their three leading scorers, and still had more than enough.
Kendrick Nunn scored a season-high 30 points, Duncan Robinson and Goran Dragic each added 19 and Miami beat Houston.
The Heat were playing without Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro — a trio that averages 55 points per game — and outscored Houston 59-36 after halftime.
PISTONS 109, CAVALIERS 105: In Detroit, Frank Jackson scored 20 points, including a tiebreaking baseline drive in the final minute, lifting the Pistons to a victory over Cleveland.
Jackson was fouled on his basket with 29 seconds left. He missed the free throw, but the Cavaliers couldn’t secure the rebound. Josh Jackson grabbed it and then scored to go up 107-103 with 16.5 seconds remaining, giving the Cavaliers their fifth loss in six games.
SUNS 128, BUCKS 127, OT: In Milwaukee, Devin Booker made a free throw with 0.3 seconds left after getting fouled on a jump shot to give Phoenix anovertime victory over Milwaukee.
After Khris Middleton had tied the game on a 3-pointer with 22.1 seconds left, Jae Crowder inbounded a pass to Booker, who attempted to get free for a shot while getting hounded by Jrue Holiday.
As Booker finally put up a shot from in front of Phoenix’s bench just before the buzzer, P.J. Tucker also approached him. Tucker was called for the foul.
Booker made the first free throw for his 24th point of the night amid a chorus of boos from the Milwaukee crowd. Booker missed the second shot, but the buzzer went off before the Bucks could put up any kind of shot.
NUGGETS 139, GRIZZLIES 137, 2 OTs: In Denver, Nikola Jokic scored 47 points, including a goahead 3-pointer late in the second overtime, and the Nuggets rallied to beat Memphis.
Jokic added 15 rebounds and eight assists, Will Barton scored 28 and Michael Porter Jr. 21 for the shorthanded Nuggets. Denver played without its top two point guards -- Jamal Murray, who has a torn ACL in his left knee and Monte Morris.
SPURS 109, PACERS 94: In Indianapolis, Derrick White and Jakob Poeltl took advantage of their early mismatches by delivering a quick knockout punch and leading San Antonio over the Pacers.
White scored 16 of his 25 points in the first quarter, while Poeltl finished with 16 points and seven rebounds in the Spurs’ second straight win.
Malcolm Brogdon and Caris LeVert each scored 18 to lead the Pacers, who have lost three in a row. This time, the Pacers played without two-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis (sore lower back) and defensive player of the year candidate Myles Turner (right foot).
WIZARDS 119, THUNDER 107: In Washington, Bradley Beal scored 30 points, Davis Bertans made six 3-pointers in his return from paternity leave, and the Wizards beat Oklahoma City.
Bertans, who missed the previous two games while his wife gave birth to a son, finished with 21 points. The Wizards have won five straight, matching a season high.
HORNETS: Charlotte guard LaMelo Ball has been cleared to return to individual basketball activity by doctors after having a cast removed from his right wrist.
It’s unclear at this point when he’ll be ready to play in a game.
Ball sustained a fractured right wrist during the Hornets’ March 20 game against the Los Angeles Clippers and has not played since.
Ball, the No. 3 overall selection in last year’s NBA draft, was among the leading candidates for Rookie of the Year honors.
ROCKETS: The Houston Rockets say that guard Sterling Brown was assaulted by unknown individuals after the team arrived in Miami late Sunday night, suffering cuts to his face.
Brown was not playing Monday against the Heat, though the team said that was because of a recent knee injury that has kept him out for a total of five games and not the altercation.
Brown sued officials in Milwaukee after getting taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter surrounding a parking violation with police in 2018, contending in that lawsuit that police used excessive force and targeted him because he is Black.
PIPPEN: Antron Pippen, the son of Basketball Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen and once a top college prospect, has died. He was 33.
Scottie Pippen announced the death on his social media platforms, saying his oldest child died Sunday. He did not give a cause.
Antron Pippen was the oldest of Scottie Pippen’s seven children.