The Warriors went 2-1 this past week, defeating the Philadelphia 76ers 119-107 on Tuesday and the Memphis Grizzlies 121-101 on Friday. Their lone loss came in overtime to the Atlanta Hawks 141-134 on Saturday despite a season-high 60 points from Stephen Curry. Jonathan Kuminga also had a streak of eight straight games with 20-plus points snapped in Atlanta, but his career-long 26-game streak in double figures is still alive.
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Curry joined Kobe Bryant as the only players in NBA history age 35 or older to score 60 points in a game on Saturday. He also surpassed Wilt Chamberlain for the most 50-point games by a player age 30 or older (8).
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Curry scored 22 points in the fourth quarter on Saturday, the most he’s ever had in the fourth quarter in his career. Curry finished with 60 points for the game and made a career-high 22 field goals.
Highlights: Stephen Curry 60-Point Game – 2/3/24
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Curry hit a season-high 10 3-pointers on Saturday — his 24th game in his career with double-digit splashes — the most in NBA history. Curry is one of three players in history with 60-plus points and 10-plus made threes in a game, joining Damian Lillard and Karl-Anthony Towns. He leads the NBA with 209 3-pointers this season and has made 200-plus 3-pointers in 11 seasons.
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Stephen Curry became one of three players this season to score at least 37 points, hit at least eight 3-pointers and shoot over 70 percent (12-for-17, 70.6 FG%) from the field on Tuesday, joining Jalen Brunson and Luka Doncic. Brunson scored 50 points and hit nine 3-pointers on Dec. 15, and Luka Doncic scored 73 points — the most in a single game since Kobe Bryant — on Jan. 26.
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Jonathan Kuminga scored at least 20 points for an eight-game stretch from Jan. 12 through Feb. 2, trailing only Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic and Kawhi Leonard. Kuminga averaged 25.6 points over that span on 63.3 percent from the field and 56.5 percent from behind the arc.
Highlights: Jonathan Kuminga Scores 29 Points in Win Over Grizzlies - 2/2/24
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Brandin Podziemski dished out a career-high 14 assists with zero turnovers in Friday’s win over the Memphis Grizzlies. Podziemski’s 14 assists are the most by a Warriors rookie since Stephen Curry (April 4. 2010) and he became the first rookie since Ben Simmons (March 19. 2018) with that many assists and zero turnovers.
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Podziemski (5) and Trayce Jackson-Davis (4) rank in the top five among rookies in double-doubles, ranking fourth and fifth respectively. Podziemski is the only non-center in the group and the Warriors are the only team with multiple players in the top five. Podziemski had two double-doubles this past week, with 12 points and 14 assists on Friday and 15 points with 11 rebounds on Saturday. Jackson-Davis' most recent double-double came on Jan. 7, when he scored 16 points and grabbed 11 boards.
Highlights: Brandin Podziemski Career-High 14 Assists With Zero Turnovers - 2/2/24
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The Warriors have played in five overtime games this season and are 1-4 in those scenarios. They beat the Boston Celtics and have lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder twice, the Los Angeles Lakers in double overtime and the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday. The Dubs are tied with the Houston Rockets for the most overtime losses this season.
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Based on the average win percentage of their opponents, the Warriors have played the most difficult schedule in the league so far, with their opponents having won 51.9 percent of their games.