Curry scores 49 points to lead Warriors’ rout
SAN FRANCISCO >> Stephen Curry scored 49 points in 29 minutes and matched his season best with 11 3-pointers and the Golden State Warriors beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 136-97 on Saturday night.
Curry shot 14 of 26 overall and 11 of 21 beyond the arc while fans serenaded him with chants of “MVP! MVP!” as they
have ever since being allowed back in Chase Center. He made five 3s in the first quarter, one in the second and five more in the third before sitting out the entire fourth quarter.
It’s the fifth time in the last 15 games and seventh game overall this season that Curry has had 10 or more 3s in a game, breaking his own single-season record of six set in 2018-19.
Draymond Green had 15 points and 13 assists to help the Warriors to their second win over the Thunder in three days. Alan Wiggins scored 18 points, and Jordan Poole had 16.
Golden State remained a halfgame ahead of Memphis for eighth place in the West. The two teams play each other in the regular season finale May 16 at Chase Center.
Svi Mykhailiuk scored 17 points and Luguentz Dort added 16 for Oklahoma City. The Thunder have lost six straight and 20 of 21.
Curry got hot early and never let up. He scored 24 points in the
first quarter — one fewer than the Thunder had as a team — and went 7 for 7 on free throws.
That didn’t include what was arguably Curry’s most dramatic highlight on a shot he wasn’t given credit for.
The 33-year-old dribbled behind his back at the top of the arc, drove near the key then flipped an off-balance, one-handed shot off the glass and in, but referees ruled that Curry had been fouled by Josh Hall before getting the shot off.
After sitting out most of the second quarter, Curry made back-to-back 3s and added another as part of a 19-6 run to start the third.
WIZARDS 133, PACERS 132 (OT) >> Russell Westbrook tied Oscar Robertson’s NBA record for triple- doubles with 181, finish- ing with 33 points, 19 re- bounds and 15 assists, and made two free throws with
a second left to give Washington an overtime victory over Indiana. Westbrook also blocked the Pacers’ final shot. He has 35 triple-doubles this season and is averaging a
triple-double for the fourth time.
Bradley Beal scored 50 points to help the Wizards move into the No. 9 spot in the Eastern Conference, a half-game up of Indiana. 76ERS 118, PISTONS 104 >> Joel Embiid scored 29 points, Tyrese Maxey added 22 and Philadelphia beat Detroit for its eighth straight victory.
The 76ers moved closer to clinching the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Tobias Harris added 18 points for Philadelphia. GRIZZLIES 109, RAPTORS 99 >> Jonas Valanciunas had 18 points and 21 rebounds, De’Anthony Melton hit four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and Memphis beat Toronto to move closer to a play-in spot.
Jaren Jackson Jr. had 20 points for the Grizzlies.