Stephen Curry topped 30 points for the seventh time this season with a game-high 31 as the Golden State Warriors snapped a three-game losing streak with a 134-117 triumph over the Utah Jazz on Monday night in San Francisco.
Moses Moody, who led a second-quarter attack from long range, finished with 15 points, while Buddy Hield went for 20 and Jimmy Butler III 18 for the Warriors, who opened a five-game homestand with a loss to Portland on Friday.
Keyonte George had a team-high 28 points for the Jazz, who were playing the second night of a back-to-back, having suffered a hard-fought home loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. Utah has lost four in a row.
Playing without Draymond Green (foot), Al Horford (sciatica) and Jonathan Kuminga (knee), the Warriors fell victim to a barrage of seven 3-pointers in 10 attempts by the Jazz in the first quarter as the visitors went up 35-26 by period’s end. George had four of the 3-pointers and 15 of the 35 points.
But things turned around immediately in the second period as the Warriors scored 24 of the quarter’s first 27 points to flip a nine-point deficit into a 50-38 lead. Five Warriors hit 3-pointers in the run, with Moody drilling a pair during an eight-point contribution.
Golden State led 67-55 at halftime, and when Curry and Moody combined on three early 3-pointers in the third quarter, the rout was on at 80-63.
The short-handed Warriors used 11 players and all scored, with Quinten Post, Gary Payton II, Will Richard and Gui Santos chipping in with nine points apiece. Payton also found time for six rebounds and a game-high eight assists.
The 134 points were the Warriors’ second-most this season, their most in a non-overtime game. They shot 49.5% overall and hit 19 of their 52 3-point attempts (37%). Curry had six of the 3-pointers in 17 tries, while Hield went 4-for-8.
Rookie Ace Bailey tied his season high with 21 points for Utah, which made just four 3-pointers after connecting on seven in the first period. The Jazz shot 47.5% from the field and 31.4% from 3-point range.
Lauri Markkanen added 17 points, Brice Sensabaugh 16, Kyle Anderson 12 and Kyle Filipowski 11 for the Jazz, which got a game-high nine rebounds from Jusuf Nurkic. George complemented his 28 points with six rebounds and a team-high seven assists.
–Field Level Media
