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Warriors Take Care of Business in Win Over Thunder

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Stephen Curry scored 17 of his 34 points in the third quarter and the Warriors opened a regular season ending six-game homestand with a 118-97 victory over the Thunder on Thursday night at Chase Center.

TEAM LEADERS

GSW

Points Rebounds Assists
Curry – 34 Looney – 10 Green – 9
Mulder – 25 Green – 9 Toscano-Anderson – 8
Wiggins – 18 Toscano-Anderson – 9 Curry – 7

OKC

Points Rebounds Assists
Jerome – 23 Brown – 8 Maledon – 8
Bazley – 22 Roby – 5 Deck – 4
Maledon – 15 2 More Tied – 5 2 Tied – 3

Although Oklahoma City stayed competitive for most of the game, the Warriors out-scored the Thunder in each quarter and put the game away with a 23-10 spurt over a seven-minute stretch bridging the third and fourth periods. Curry made three of his six 3-pointers during that spurt, and the Warriors rode that momentum to victory.

The win, coupled with a Grizzlies loss in Detroit, moved the Warriors into eighth place in the West, a half-game ahead of Memphis. While there is still a week left in the regular season, an eighth place finish would allow the Warriors to need only one win in the NBA’s Play-In Tournament to reach the playoffs, while the ninth or 10th place teams would need two wins. Read more on the Warriors’ playoff/play-in picture.

Mychal Mulder made five of his seven 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to finish with 25 points, Andrew Wiggins tallied 18 points and Kent Bazemore provided some early scoring punch with 11 of his 13 points in the first half.

Draymond Green keyed 15-2 Warriors run in the second quarter with his defense and rebounding, and Juan Toscano-Anderson had a very Draymond-like game with seven points, nine rebounds and eight assists. The Warriors had 36 assists on their 42 made shots, as Green, Toscano-Anderson and Curry combined for 24 helpers.

With the win, the Warriors improve to 34-33 on the season, and the Dubs will get another matchup with the Thunder on Saturday.

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More Notables …

  • The Warriors began the five-game road trip with a win to improve to 10-18 on the road this season, snapping a five-game road losing streak… The Warriors matched their season-high win streak with a third-straight victory.
  • The Warriors tied a franchise record with 24 three-pointers (24-of-47 3FG), the third time they’ve hit 24 threes in a game (previously done on Jan. 16, 2019 vs. New Orleans and Oct. 29, 2018 at Chicago)… The Warriors are 5-0 this season when hitting at least 20 threes.
  • The Warriors scored 50 points in the third quarter, just the sixth 50-point quarter in franchise history (third time in the third quarter) and the first 50-point quarter in the NBA this season.
  • Golden State scored a season-high 147 points, including a season-high 75 points in the first half (75-50)… The 38-point win represents the team’s largest margin of victory this season.
  • The Warriors improved to 11-0 this season when dishing out at least 30 assists (39) and shooting at least 50 percent from the field (.547).
  • Stephen Curry scored 42 points (44th career 40-point game; sixth this season) to go with eight assists and six rebounds, hitting 14-of-20 from the field and 11-of-16 from three-point range… It marked Curry’s 19th career game with at least 10 threes, extending an NBA-record (next most is Klay Thompson with five)… Curry, whose 29 threes over the last three games (8, 10, 11) are the most in a three-game span in NBA history, is the first player in league history to post back-to-back games with at least 10 threes multiple times in his career… Curry scored 25 points on a perfect 8-of-8 from the field (6-of-6 from three) in the third quarter, the first Warriors player to go an entire quarter without a miss on at least eight field goal attempts since Klay Thompson went 13-of-13 (9-of-9 from three) in his NBA-record 37-point third quarter on Jan. 23, 2015 vs. the Kings… It marked Curry’s second consecutive game with a 20-point third quarter, giving him 30 career 20-point quarters (done 17 times in the third quarter)… Curry recorded consecutive 40-point games for the first time since a three-game 40-point streak from Feb. 24-27, 2016… It’s the first time a Warriors player has had consecutive 40-point games since Kevin Durant had three-straight 40-point games from Nov. 24-29, 2018… Curry’s 95 total points over the last two games are the second-most in a two-game stretch in his career (97 from Feb. 25-27, 2016)… Curry tallied his eighth-straight 30-point game, extending a career-best streak and giving him the longest 30-point streak by a Warrior since Rick Barry scored 30 points in nine-straight games during the 1966-67 season… Over the span of his last eight games, Curry is averaging 38.9 points on 55.4 percent from the field and 49.1 percent from three.
  • The Warriors are now 27-1 all-time in the regular season when Green records a triple-double.

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