Curry weaves his magic in Orlando for five in a row

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Curry weaves his magic in Orlando for five in a row

Stephen Curry has scored a season-high 56 points, making 12 three-pointers and outscoring hosts Orlando by himself in the third quarter of another astounding performance, leading Golden State to a 121-115 victory.

Curry was 12 for 19 behind the arc in his NBA-record 26th career game with 10 or more triples. He was 16 of 25 overall on Thursday night and made all 12 of his free throws in the Warriors’ (33-27) fifth straight victory.

It is also their seventh win in eight games since acquiring Jimmy Butler in a trade on February 6.

Curry had 22 points in the third term, in which Golden State turned a 14-point deficit into a five-point lead.

He ended the first half with a shot from well beyond halfcourt to keep the Warriors within 14 at 66-52, then opened the second half with another three.

The 36-year-old’s career scoring high is 62 points, set on January 3, 2021, against Portland. His career high for three-pointers in a game is 13.

Paolo Banchero scored 41 points for the Magic (29-32) and Franz Wagner added 27.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 28 points, pulled down a season-high 19 rebounds and dished out seven assists as Milwaukee beat Denver 121-112.

The two-time MVP helped the Bucks offset another brilliant performance from Nikola Jokic, who shot 13 of 16 and had 32 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists. Jokic has 27 triple-doubles in the 53 games the three-time MVP has played this season.

This was the first matchup of the season between these two multiple-MVP winners.

Antetokounmpo made just his eighth three-point basket of the season to give the home side a 67-66 lead with just over seven minutes left in the third quarter. He got a dunk off Taurean’s Prince steal 35 seconds later to cap a 12-4 run that put Milwaukee ahead for good.

Brook Lopez added 22 points, Damian Lillard 19, Kyle Kuzma 16 and Gary Trent Jr. 15 for the Bucks (33-25), who have won five of their last six.

The Nuggets (38-21) have followed a nine-game winning streak by dropping two of three.

In Dallas, Aussies Dante Exum and Josh Green faced each other and it was Exum’s Mavericks who ran out 103-96 winners over Charlotte.

Kyrie Irving scored 18 of his 25 points in the second half, and grabbed nine rebounds, for the Mavs (32-28), while Moses Brown added 20 points and 11 boards.

Exum chipped in with 12 points, three rebounds, three assists, four steals and one block, while Green had seven points, two boards and two assists for the Hornets.

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