Curry hits 11 3s, scores 48 points as Warriors slip by Mavs

DALLAS >> Stephen Curry scored 48 points, making 11 3-pointers, and the Golden State Warriors held off the Dallas Mavericks 119-114 Sunday night.

Kevin Durant added 28 points and Klay Thompson had nine of his 16 in the fourth quarter.

Curry’s 11th 3-pointer — tying a season high — gave the Warriors a 117-114 lead.

Draymond Green blocked Jalen Brunson’s drive at the other end and secured the loose ball. The Mavericks forced a miss, but Harrison Barnes turned the ball over in the frontcourt with 5 seconds left. Curry sealed the game with free throws.

Luka Doncic scored 26 points for Dallas and Barnes had 22. Brunson had 12 off the bench in 30 minutes, in place of the injured J.J. Barea and Dennis Smith Jr.

MAGIC 116, ROCKETS 109 >> Nikola Vucevic and Aaron Gordon each scored 22 points and Orlando took advantage of James Harden’s awful 3-point shooting to beat Houston.

Harden scored 38 points to push his run of 30-point games to 16, but was 1 of

17 from 3-point range and

11 of 32 overall from the field. He made 15 of 16 free throws and had 12 assists and nine rebounds.

Evan Fournier and Terrence Ross each had 17 points for Orlando. The Magic were coming off a

105-103 home victory over Boston Saturday night.

Austin Rivers scored 25 points, and Clint Capela had 17 points and 10 rebounds for Houston. The Rockets lost for only the fourth time in their last

17 games.

RAPTORS 140, WIZARDS

138, 2OT >> Serge Ibaka hit a 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in the second overtime and Toronto outlasted Washington for its fifth straight victory.

The Raptors blew a

23-point lead before outlasting the Wizards.

Kawhi Leonard led Toronto with 41 points and 11 rebounds, and Pascal Siakim had 24 points and a career-high 19 rebounds.

Bradley Beal had his second triple-double of the season for Washington, finishing with season highs of 43 points and 15 rebounds and adding 10 assists. Otto Porter had 27 points, and Trevor Ariza narrowly missed his second career triple-double with 23 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds. BUCKS 133, HAWKS 114 >> Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points, Eric Bledsoe added 24 points and 10 assists, and Milwaukee won in coach Mike Budenholzer’s return to Atlanta.

Khris Middleton finished with 17 points and

11 rebounds to help the Bucks improve to 3012, second-best in the NBA. Coming off a loss at Washington that Antetokounmpo missed with injuries, Milwaukee is 12-0 following a defeat and remained the league’s only team not to drop consecutive games.

Budenholzer made his first appearance at State Farm Arena since leaving the Hawks after last season. Trae Young led Atlanta with 26 points.