Curry goes off for 62 to lift Warriors

After missing almost all of the 2019-20 season with a broken hand, Steph Curry is back in action, and he gave the rest of the league a rude reminder of it Sunday night.

Curry exploded for a career-high 62 points, leading Golden State to a 137-122 win over Portland.

Curry scored 21 points in the first quarter and finished 18-31 from the field, including 8-16 from deep.

Andrew Wiggins chipped in 21 points, while the Blazers fell short despite 32 points from Damian Lillard and 28 from CJ McCollum.

Wizards 123, Nets 122 — Bradley Beal had 27 points, 10 rebounds and the assist on Thomas Bryant’s go-ahead dunk with 14.9 seconds left, leading the Washington Wizards to a victory over the Brooklyn Nets.

Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant missed jumpers on the last possession, dropping the Nets to 3-4.

Russell Westbrook had 24 points and 10 assists but only five rebounds after recording triple-doubles in his first four games with the Wizards. Bryant finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds as Washington won its second straight after an 0-5 start.

Lakers 108, Grizzlies 94 — LeBron James had 22 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, Anthony Davis added 17 points and nine rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers opened a two-game set in Memphis with a victory over the Grizzlies.

James played within the offense for the first three quarters, then became more aggressive to start the fourth, scoring the Lakers first 10 points of the period. His 3-pointer with 2:34 left made it 10190.

Montrezl Harrell added 16 points and nine rebounds to help the Lakers win their third straight.

Clippers 112, Suns 107 — Paul George scored 39 points and Los Angeles held on to beat Phoenix after nearly blowing a 31point lead.

George was 7 of 10 from 3-point range and Los Angeles was 17 of 29 overall. Kawhi Leonard added 15 points, but shot 4 of 21 from the field, and Luke Kennard came off the bench to add 14 points.

Devin Booker led Phoenix with 25 points, and Deandre Ayton added 24.

Nuggets 124, Timberwolves 109— Jamal Murray scored a season-high 36 points, Nikola Jokic had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for his fourth triple-double of the season and Denver beat Minnesota.

Murray scored 26 points in the first half, including 16 in the second quarter.

Malik Beasley, the former Denver draft pick traded to the Timberwolves last season, scored a season-high 25 for Minnesota.

Jazz 130, Spurs 109 — Bojan Bogdanovic scored 28 points and Utah made a season-high 21 3-pointers to beat San Antonio.

Donovan Mitchell added 22 points and nine assists in 29 minutes. Utah was 21 for 41 on 3-pointers compared to 6 for 19 by San Antonio.

Bulls 118, Mavericks 108 — Zach LaVine had 39 points and Coby White scored 21 of his 23 points in the second half to lead Chicago past Dallas.

Jalen Brunson, starting in place of the injured Luka Doncic, had 31 points for the Mavericks. Doncic sat out because of a left quadriceps contusion.

Otto Porter Jr. added 15 for the Bulls.