Curry scores 26 as Warriors beat Jazz 106-103
Stephen Curry scored 26 points, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Utah Jazz 106-103 for their 19th straight win.
Curry’s step-back 3-pointer put the Warriors ahead for good with 51 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Jazz got within 104-103 on Rodney Hood’s fadeaway with 37 seconds to play, but Curry answered with 2 free throws, and the Jazz got no closer. They had the ball down 3, but Gordon Hayward missed a 49-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 11. Curry (No. 10 in clutch points, 2015-16) scored 7 of the Warriors’ 11 on 2 for 5 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. Early in the fourth quarter, Trey Burke had 2 steals, and the Jazz scored 3 points off them. With 1:32 left, Curry stole the ball from Alec Burks, and Draymond Green’s layup off it put the Warriors ahead 101-99.
Klay Thompson scored 20 points (12 on 4 3-pointers), and Green added 20 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists. The Warriors had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Jazz, Hayward scored 24 points (10 in the second quarter), and Derrick Favors added 23 points and 10 rebounds.
The Warriors shot 48.8% from the field and 48.3% from 3 to the Jazz’s 44.9% and 31.6%. The Jazz gave up 14 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Warriors missed. Andrew Bogut fouled out.