Kent Bazemore scored a season-high 26 points, and the Golden State Warriors rallied from 19 points down in the second quarter to beat the Miami Heat 120-112 in overtime.
The Warriors trailed 58-39 with 1:37 left in the second quarter and 61-46 at halftime. They were still down 96-81 with 9:07 left in the fourth quarter, with a 4.9% chance to win, and outscored the Heat 39-16 the rest of the way.
Andrew Wiggins’ corner 3-pointer with 40.1 seconds left in overtime made it 115-109, and Stephen Curry’s 28-foot step-back 3-pointer with 17.0 seconds left in overtime put it away at 118-112.
During clutch time, the Warriors outscored the Heat 24-10. Curry (No. 10 in clutch points, 2020-21) scored 9 of the Warriors’ 24 on 3 for 7 shooting. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Curry had 2 steals.
Curry had 25 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) and 11 assists but shot 8 for 25. Kelly Oubre Jr. added 23 points (12 on 4 3-pointers), 8 rebounds and 3 steals, and Wiggins had 23 points and 8 rebounds. The Warriors had 4 20-point scorers.
For the Heat, Bam Adebayo had 24 points and 7 assists. The Heat had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Warriors shot 45.3% from the field to the Heat’s 45.4%. The Warriors outscored the Heat 35-19 in 13 minutes with Curry, Bazemore, Wiggins, Oubre and Paschall on the floor together.