Stephen Curry scored a game-high 36 points and added a team-high six assists as the Golden State Warriors snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Orlando Magic 121-115 on Tuesday night in San Francisco.
Jonathan Kuminga scored two of his 19 points on a dunk that increased Golden State’s lead to 110-101 with 2:29 to go.
The Warriors, who opened a seven-game homestand with losses to the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, sealed the win from there, hitting nine free throws with a little more than a minute left in the game.
Curry finished 12-for-20 from the floor and Klay Thompson, who shot 6-for-11, scored 15 points for Golden State, which outshot Orlando 53.8 percent to 44.6 percent.
The Magic, who lost at Phoenix on Sunday, led 93-92 after Franz Wagner’s basket with 8:33 to go.
But Thompson countered with a 3-pointer to give the Warriors the lead for good.
The Warriors’ lead was down to 106-101 after Goga Bitadze dunked with 3:02 left, but Curry assisted on a 3-pointer by Thompson 3-pointer and a basket by Kuminga to give Golden State a nine-point cushion. Curry scored 10 in the fourth quarter.
Kuminga added six rebounds, four assists and two blocks in the win. Chris Paul had 12 points, and Trayce Jackson-Davis, Brandin Podziemski and Andrew Wiggins each finished with 10 points.
Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 27 points and a game-high 12 rebounds and Wagner chipped in with 25 points. Banchero shot 8-for-20, and Wagner finished 10-for-19.
Bitadze, Moe Wagner and Cole Anthony each had three offensive boards as the Magic finished with 16.
Bitadze scored 13 points, Moe Wagner had 12 points and Jalen Suggs added 10 points for the Magic, who have lost seven of their last 10 games.
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