Stephen Curry scored 34 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the defending champion Golden State Warriors went on a 20-5 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 136-125.
It was tied at 115 when Curry’s 28-foot 3-pointer put the Warriors ahead for good with 6:18 left. Jordan Poole scored 8 points as they pulled away to a 135-120 lead with 2:10 left.
Poole scored 30 points with 5 3-pointers. The Warriors had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 32 points (13 in the first quarter) and 7 assists.
The Warriors shot 49.5% from the field and 42.6% from 3 to the Thunder’s 47.3% and 34.4%. The Warriors made 20 3-pointers, 6 of them by Curry and 5 by Poole. The Thunder gave up 19 offensive rebounds, about 7 more than usual for the shots the Warriors missed. The Warriors outscored the Thunder 26-14 in 8 minutes with Curry, Green, Looney, DiVincenzo and Poole on the floor together.