The Golden State Warriors continued to take advantage of a soft schedule of stretching management with a 121-15 victory in Orlando on Thursday, but it was not easy. The Warriors followed 14 in the half time and went down for up to 17 years, but Stephen Curry saved the day with 56 points and 12 triples.
Curry was hot during the first half, but it was its launch of the three -quarter court at the end of the first half that marked the guideline for an explosion of the Warriors in the third quarter that remembers the good morning.
With 22 points in less than 10 minutes, Curry exceeded magic only in the third quarter.
This is the third time that Curry has made at least 12 triples in a single game, timing with his former brother Splash Klay Thompson for most of the story. The maximum of his curry career for 3S in a game is 13 years, and he was tracking to reach that brand and possibly broke the 14 record of Thompson of 14 when he made his ninth 3 in the middle of the middle of the third quarter.
Curry became the second player in NBA History to score more than 55 points while reaching at least 12 triples, joining the outbreak of 71 points of Damian Lillard with 13 triples since 2023.
Golden State needed each of Curry’s cubes. Jimmy Butler was an underestimated offensive with five points in seven shots. Quentin Post was sensational with 18 points and it was a large part of Golden State’s career to start the third quarter, but apart from that, no one scored more than the 12 of Draymond Green and the 10 of Moody Moses.
Orlando reduced the advantage of Golden State to six with less than five minutes to play, just for Curry to go down and hit his tenth 3 to stretch it back at eight. Less than three minutes to the end, Orlando reduced the deficit to four, but Curry responded with his eleventh three. And then with less than two minutes to play, Orlando lowered him to two, just for Curry to tear down his 12th 3.
Every time Orlando threatened to steal this game, Curry stole it immediately. It was an action for ages, the 14th time Curry has obtained at least 50 in his career and the first time this season. In fact, this was the first time Curry even got 40 this season, as difficult as it is to believe.
Is it even more difficult to believe? This action is produced on the 12th anniversary of the first superstar performance of Curry when he put 54 in the Knicks in the garden on February 27, 2013, and the nine-year anniversary of the iconic Pull-Up 3 of Curry de la Luna to stun the thunder on February 27, 2016.
The Warriors have now won five consecutive and seven of their last eight to move within a game of a seed among the top six in the West with 23 games and one of the easiest schedules of the remaining league.
