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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Stephen Curry had 52 points, including 12 3-pointers, as the Golden State Warriors held on for a 134-125 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night (Wednesday, April 2, 2025, PH time). Curry was 16 of 31 from the field, making 12 of his 20 shots from long distance, and the dozen 3-pointers matching his season high.
Jimmy Butler scored 27 points and Draymond Green had 13 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists as the Warriors moved into fifth place in the Western Conference. Ja Morant led Memphis with 36 points and six assists. Jaren Jackson Jr.
finished with 22 points. Zach Edey had 10 points and 16 rebounds as Memphis dropped its third straight. The win allowed Golden State to overtake Memphis for fifth place in the Western Conference standings.
The Warriors have made their move by going 3-2 on a road trip. It was a two-fold move since the Warriors had a 3-1 lead in the season series. Memphis’ freefall in the standings continues and has it teetering at the play-in game line.
From Feb. 2-19, Memphis was second in the conference and still held the spot at the end of the month. Golden State was hanging on with 1:13 left when Curry missed a 3-pointer, but Brandin Podziemski tipped in the miss for a 127-122 lead Curry was unstoppable in the first half, hitting his first five shots, including four from outside the arc.
He had 32 points in the half, going 11 of 16 from the field and eight of 10 from outside the arc. After Curry’s last 3-pointer in the half, coach Steve Kerr just turned and shook his head in disbelief. Wolves 140, Nuggets 139 2OT DENVER — Nickeil Alexander-Walker hit two of three free throws with 0.
1 seconds remaining and the Minnesota Timberwolves overcame a career-best 61-point performance from Nikola Jokic to outlast the Denver Nuggets 140-139 in double overtime. The final play concluded a wild sequence as Russell Westbrook stole the ball on one end in the closing seconds, missed a layup, and then fouled Alexander-Walker in the corner. The Timberwolves guard made two and missed the third one on purpose.
Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 34 points. Jokic’s 61 points were the most by a player in the NBA this season. He also had 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the third 60-point triple double in NBA history.
He played 52 minutes, 38 seconds and didn’t leave the floor after halftime. Jokic hit two free throws with 13.9 seconds remaining to tie it at 112 in regulation.
He knocked in a floater with 7.3 seconds left to knot it up at 125 in the first overtime. Bucks 133, Suns 123 MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 37 points and the Milwaukee Bucks relied on a team-record shooting performance to snap a four-game skid by winning 133-123 over the slumping and short-handed Phoenix Suns.
The Bucks shot 68.9 percent (51 of 73) from the floor to set a franchise record for field-goal percentage. The previous record was 66.
7 percent on Dec. 15, 1985, against Sacramento. Bucks coach Doc Rivers improved his career record to 1,155-816 and tied Phil Jackson for seventh place in NBA history in regular-season wins.
Devin Booker had 39 points and 11 assists for Phoenix. Grayson Allen added 23 points and Collin Gillespie had 18. Elsewhere, the New York Knicks won 105-91 over the Philadelphia 76ers, Portland Trail Blazers won 127-113 at Atlanta, Chicago Bulls won 137-118 against Toronto Raptors and the Orlando Magic triumphed 116-105 at San Antonio.
/ AP.
