CURRY SCORES 62 FOR CAREER HIGH

Stephen Curry let it f ly from way out under pressure with a minute-plus left for another perfect swish on the way to a career-high 62 points, and the Golden State Warriors beat visiting Portland 137-122 on Sunday night to split the two-game set with the Trail Blazers.

Warriors 137, Trail Blazers 122

Curry had the highestscoring game in the NBA this season, finishing 18 for 31 and 8 of 16 on 3-pointers after beginning with a 21point first quarter. He had his 10th career 30-point half to help the Warriors take a 66-54 at the break.

One small blemish in his brilliant night: Curry had his streak of free throws snapped at a franchiserecord 80 in the first. The run dated to March 29, 2019, vs. Memphis. Against Portland, he made a career-high 18 on 19 attempts.

Damian Lillard scored 32 points for Portland, and CJ McCollum added 28. McCollum shot 2 for 8 from deep after his 25 3-pointers over the initial five games left him and Curry as the only players to ever do so.

After Portland’s 25-point win Friday night, the Warriors were embarrassed and determined to be more aggressive and defend better after the Blazers came out firing to finish 20 of 43 from deep — and they looked more energetic on the defensive end. Portland shot 14 of 43 on 3s Sunday.

Curry did it all on the other end. When he sat down for good in the waning seconds and received hugs from teammates, the piped in crowd noise seemed extra loud in an arena devoid of real fans.

Draymond Green had eight assists and scored one point playing his second game of the season with his minutes increased from just below 18 to 28. Green is still finding his wind.

Celtics 122, Pistons 120: Jayson Tatum hit a fallaway as Blake Griffin stumbled with 2.9 seconds left, then tied up the Detroit veteran on the other end to help visiting Boston beat the Pistons for a weekend split.

Jaylen Brown led Boston with 31 points. He hit a late 3pointer and was 13 of 16 from the field, two nights after his late miss sealed a loss in the opener in Detroit. Tatum had 24 points and 12 assists.

Wizards 123, Nets 122: Bradley Beal had 27 points, 10 rebounds and the assist on Thomas Bryant’s goahead dunk with 14.9 seconds left, leading visiting Washington past Brooklyn. Russell Westbrook had 24 points and 10 assists but only five rebounds after recording triple-doubles in his first four games with the Wizards.

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

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 tripledouble of the season and Denver beat host Minnesota.

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 host 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 host 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.