Houston Chronicle

Curry, Warriors break out of slump with victory over Knicks

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NEW YORK — Stephen Curry broke out of a shooting slump with 31 points and moved into the NBA’s top 10 in career 3-pointers, and the Golden State Warriors bounced back from consecutiv­e losses by beating the New York Knicks 112-105.

Klay Thompson added 29 points as the Warriors ended their first regularsea­son losing streak in nearly two years.

The Splash Brothers had dried up as Golden State dropped two in a row following Kevin Durant’s knee injury, but they regained their touch Sunday.

Curry hit five 3-pointers, passing Chauncey Billups for 10th place, and added eight rebounds and six assists.

SUNS 109, CELTICS 106

Rookie Tyler Ulis threw in a 3-pointer at the buzzer after a Boston turnover as Phoenix came away with a victory over the visiting Celtics.

MAVS 104, THUNDER 89

Seth Curry scored 22 points, and Dirk Nowitzki had 18 points and 12 rebounds as Dallas beat visiting Oklahoma City.

Russell Westbrook scored 29 for the Thunder after scoring more than 40 in each of his past four games.

JAZZ 110, KINGS 109 (OT)

Rudy Gobert tipped in George Hill’s missed jumper as time expired in overtime on a play that was initially ruled goaltendin­g as Utah won at Sacramento.

PELICANS 105, LAKERS 97

DeMarcus Cousins had 26 points and 15 rebounds as visiting New Orleans won for the first time with him in the lineup, taking down a spiraling Los Angeles.

PACERS 97, HAWKS 96

Glenn Robinson III hit a 3-pointer with sixthtenth­s of a second remaining, Paul George scored 34 points, and Indiana rallied in the closing minutes to capture a victory at Atlanta.

WIZARDS 115, MAGIC 114

Bojan Bogdanovic scored 15 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and made a career-high eight 3-pointers as Washington came back from 17 down to defeat visiting Orlando.

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