STEPHEN Curry bounced back from a four-point first half with five second-half 3-pointers and the Golden State Warriors rallied to overcome Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 52 points and beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-109 on Wednesday night (Thursday in Manila) in San Francisco.
Andrew Wiggins had a team-high 27 points and Curry finished with 21 points for the Warriors, who beat the Western Conference front-runners for the second time in three meetings this season.
Kevon Looney chipped in with a career-high-tying 18 points off the bench as Golden State earned its third win in four games.
Gilgeous-Alexander logged the second 50-point effort of his career. He put up 54 in a home win over the Utah Jazz on Jan. 22. Gilgeous-Alexander, who singlehandedly outscored the Warriors in the first quarter with a 21-point performance, finished 16-for-29 from the field. He padded his point total with an 18-for-21 night at the free-throw line.
In other games, it was the Raptors 106, Wizards 82; Celtics 122, Bulls 100; Knicks 122, Nuggets 112; Cavs 126, Heat 106; Mavs 137, Pelicans 136; Wolves 121, Suns 113; Sixers 117, Kings 104; Nets 104, Hornets 83; Clippers 128, Spurs 116; and Pacers 133, Pistons 119.