Stephen Curry made a 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left and the Golden State Warriors beat the Phoenix Suns 113-112 on Saturday evening for their 6th triumph in 7 video games.
With the Warriors down 112-110 and 3.3 seconds to play, Curry captured the inbounds pass from Brandin Podziemski, transformed and struck a 33-footer for his nine 3-pointer of the evening. He had 30 factors.
Devin Booker led Phoenix with 32 factors, and Kevin Durant had 24. The Suns had 2 possibilities after Curry’s 3-pointer, yet Booker was fouled under the basket and the initial and Durant could not obtain a discharged on the 2nd.
Golden State prevented being brushed up by the Suns in the period collection to return to .500 for the very first time because Dec. 25. The Warriors additionally are back in the playoff photo, gliding in advance of still Utah for the 10th seed in the West in advance of a video game at the Jazz on Monday evening.
The 2 groups went back-and-forth in the clutch, neither obtaining much splitting up. The Warriors led 84-82 going into the 4th quarter. Booker provided the Suns a 112-110 lead with 35 seconds continuing to be on a turn-around jumper.
Jonathan Kuminga included 21 factors for Golden State. Draymond Green had 15 factors, 9 helps and 7 rebounds.
Golden State led 47-40 in the 2nd quarter prior to the Suns took place a 12-0 run, taking the lead on a three-point play by Durant. The Warriors addressed with a surge by Kuminga – that led Golden State with 13 factors at halftime – to take a 59-58 benefit right into the break.
Royce O’Neale, obtained at the profession target date, made his launching for the Suns, racking up 3 factors. David Roddy, Phoenix’s various other target date procurement, did not play.
Gary Payton, that missed out on the last 16 video games with a left hamstring pressure, went back to for the Warriors . He had 11 factors.
Green, that had actually remained free from technological fouls because returning from an uncertain suspension in January, got a technological while saying for a nasty phone call after making a layup in the 3rd quarter.
Green additionally traded words and ridicules throughout the video game with Suns facility Jusuf Nurkic, that was struck in the face by Green on Dec. 12 resulting in Green’s suspension.
UP NEXT
Suns: Host Sacramento on Tuesday evening.
Warriors: At Utah on Monday evening. ___
