Curry, Warriors drop Nets

Stephen Curry set another NBA record by making seven 3-pointers and finished with 35 points as the Golden State Warriors held on to beat the Brooklyn Nets 120-114 on Sunday in New York.

Kevin Durant added 34 for the Warriors, who appeared on their way to another easy win before the Nets made it close with some sizzling 3-point shooting.

Curry finally turned them back when his final 3-pointer made it 115-108 with 1:07 to play. He has made at least five 3s in all seven games, breaking George McCloud’s record of six games in a row during the 199596 season.

But Klay Thompson continued to struggle behind the arc, going 1 for 5 and falling to 5 Golden State’s Stephen Curry rises for a threepointer past Brooklyn’s Spencer Dinwiddie during Sunday’s game. for 36 this season. He finished with 18 points and still hasn’t had a 20-point outing this season.

D’Angelo Russell scored 25 points and Caris LeVert had 23 for the Nets, who made 20 3-pointers in 42 attempts to cut a 19-point deficit down to two. THUNDER 117, SUNS 110: Paul George and Russell Westbrook each scored 23 points, and Oklahoma City got its first win of the season. Nerlens Noel had 20 points and 15 rebounds and Patrick Patterson added 17 points for the Thunder. Rookie Elie Okobo scored 18 points and No. 1 overall draft pick Deandre Ayton added 16 points and 11 rebounds for Phoenix. Devin Booker, who entered the day as the league’s ninth-best scorer at 27.8 points per game, sat out his second straight game with a left hamstring strain. JAZZ 113, MAVERICKS 104: Rudy Gobert and De Andre Jordan recorded their sixth straight double-doubles in six games this season and Utah defeated Dallas. Gobert finished with 23 points and 16 rebounds, and Jordan added 12 points, 4 for 4 from the line, 19 rebounds and a career-high nine assists.