Stephen Curry scored 27 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), and the Golden State Warriors beat the Brooklyn Nets 120-107.
Jimmy Butler III’s 8-foot floater put the Warriors ahead for good with 1:32 left in the third quarter.
The Nets got within 89-88 on Nolan Traore’s 3-pointer with 11:47 to play, but Buddy Hield answered with a driving layup, and the Nets got no closer.
Late in the fourth quarter, Will Richard had 2 steals, 1 of them during a 9-0 Warriors run, and the Warriors scored 4 points off them.
Butler scored 21 points.
For the Nets, Michael Porter Jr. had 27 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals, and Egor Dëmin added 23 points with 7 3-pointers. Nic Claxton had 15 points (12 in the paint), 9 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks on 7 for 9 shooting.
The Warriors shot 53.2% from the field to the Nets’ 45.0% and outscored them 58-27 off the bench. The Nets were outscored 27-16 in 10 minutes with Sharpe, Thomas, Traore, Wolf and Powell on the floor together.