Stephen Curry scored 37 points (21 on 7 3-pointers), and the Golden State Warriors beat the Sacramento Kings 117-113.
Kelly Oubre Jr.’s floater answered Tyrese Haliburton’s driving layup and put the Warriors back ahead for good with 1:42 left in the fourth quarter.
The Kings got within 114-113 on Haliburton’s driving layup with 18 seconds to play, but Curry answered with a free throw, and the Kings got no closer. They had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Harrison Barnes missed a step-back 3-pointer with 2.8 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
Curry’s 2 free throws with 0.7 seconds left made it 117-113 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Warriors outscored the Kings 14-7. Oubre scored 5 of the Warriors’ 14 on 2 for 4 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line.
For the Kings, Buddy Hield scored 25 points (18 on 6 3-pointers) on 9 for 13 shooting, and Haliburton added 24 points and 8 assists. Barnes scored 23 points with 5 3-pointers. Haliburton scored 15 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter. The Kings had 3 20-point scorers.
The Kings gave up 17 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Warriors missed. The Warriors outscored the Kings 36-26 in 11 minutes with Curry, Green, Wiggins, Oubre and Toscano-Anderson on the floor together.