CURRY ON HISTORIC RUN
Stephen Curry stripped off his No. 30 jersey and handed stuffed duffle bags full of memorabilia to a Delaware state trooper who stopped in full uniform to shoot hoops on the playground with neighborhood kids.
Warriors 107, 76ers 96
“That’s Curry! That’s Curry!” one kid yelled after Joshua Morris shot a long 3.
Curry put on a 3-point spectacle in Philly worthy of the trooper’s own effort.
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.
Morris later gifted the kid on the video — he called him his “hype man” — a pair of Curry’s basketball sneakers. The video caught Curry’s attention and he invited Morris and guests to the game. Curry posed for pictures after the game and walked back to the locker room without a shirt.
“He’s an amazing story with the little kid that was hyping him up,” Curry said. “I had to show him some love. The love he showed the young man and just the foundation of impact that he shared. It’s pretty impressive.”
Curry wasn’t so bad himself.
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 40point 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 to whisk the Warriors past the top team in the Eastern Conference. Joel Embiid, who scored 28 for the 76ers, threw the ball away late 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).
The Curry brothers went head-to-head — yes, in the City of Brotherly Love — in a spirited showdown from the opening minutes when Seth buried a 3 over his sibling. Steph answered with a tough
3 at the end of the first quarter and had 20 points at the half.
Even for Curry, his recent stretch of sensational shooting ranked among the best of his career. He averaged 43.8 points (.573 FG percent, .545 3P percent, .906 FT percent), 5.8 rebounds and 5.0 assists in four games last week. Curry even shook off an injured left ankle that he turned in Saturday’s game against Boston to torch the 76ers.
“There’s something beautiful about it. It really is an art,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “What he’s doing is amazing to watch. Nobody in the history of this game has ever done what he’s doing right now.”
Nuggets 139, Grizzlies 137 (OT): Nikola Jokic had 47 points and 15 rebounds to lead Denver past Memphis, which got 36 points from Ja Morant.
Jazz 111, Lakers 97: Jordan Clarkson had 22 points and all the Jazz starters scored in double figures as visiting Utah rolled past L.A. Talen Horton-Tucker led the Lakers with 24 points.
Wizards 119, Thunder 107:
Bradley Beal scored 30 points, Davis Bertans made six 3-pointers in his return from paternity leave, and host Washington beat Oklahoma City.
Spurs 109, Indiana 94:
Derrick White scored 16 of his 25 points in the first quarter of visiting San Antonio’s win.
Suns 128, Bucks 127 (OT):
Devin Booker made a free throw with 0.3 seconds left after getting fouled on a jump shot to give visiting Phoenix the OT win.
Bulls 102, Celtics 96:
Nikola Vucevic had 29 points and nine rebounds, and visiting Chicago snapped
Boston’s season-high sixgame winning streak.
Heat 113, Rockets 91:
Kendrick Nunn scored a season-high 30 points, Duncan Robinson and Goran Dragic each added 19 and host Miami beat Houston.
Pistons 109, Cavaliers 105:
Frank Jackson scored 20 points, including a tiebreaking baseline drive in the final minute, lifting host Detroit.
Notable
The Los Angeles Clippers signed guard Yogi Ferrell to a 10-day contract.
He averaged 9.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals in two games with Cleveland this season.
• The 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.