Steph Curry leads Warriors to crucial victory behind 52-point performance

Stephen Curry came dangerously adjacent to mounting the 3-point grounds connected Tuesday nighttime arsenic the Golden State Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies, 134-125.

Curry scored 52 points and made 12 3-pointers successful the contest. He added 10 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 steals arsenic well. He was 3 3-pointers distant from mounting the grounds held by his erstwhile teammate, Klay Thompson, and 1 3-pointer distant from tying his idiosyncratic record.

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Golden State Warriors defender Stephen Curry, #30, reacts successful the 2nd fractional of an NBA hoops crippled against the Memphis Grizzlies connected Tuesday, April 1, 2025 successful Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

"Fifty-two points with radical draped each implicit him, each crippled long," Wariors caput manager Steve Kerr said, aboriginal adding, "I've been watching this for 11 years, and really longer earlier I became his coach. ... You get a existent consciousness of conscionable the magnitude of his talent.

"The feline is astonishing to watch."

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Golden State Warriors defender Stephen Curry, #30, antagonizes Memphis Grizzlies defender Desmond Bane, #22, successful the 2nd fractional of an NBA hoops crippled connected Tuesday, April 1, 2025 successful Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

Curry was held without a tract goal, and the Warriors mislaid to the Grizzlies by 51 points successful their past matchup. He said helium forgot astir that crippled and was much focused connected however large the crippled was erstwhile it came to the playoff picture.

The Warriors moved to 5th successful the Western Conference with the win, improving to 44-31, and the Grizzlies fell to 44-32. Golden State is besides a half-game up connected the Minnesota Timberwolves and a afloat crippled up connected the Los Angeles Clippers.

Curry besides passed Jerry West for 25th connected the NBA’s all-time scoring list.

Golden State Warriors defender Stephen Curry, #30, drives up of Memphis Grizzlies defender Scotty Pippen Jr., #1, successful the archetypal fractional of an NBA hoops crippled connected Tuesday, April 1, 2025 successful Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

"I got a small affectional astir that," Curry said of passing West. "It was special. In his memory. What helium meant to our organization, the league, to the satellite of basketball. ... That's the logo."

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Golden State volition play the Los Angeles Lakers connected Thursday night. Memphis volition instrumentality connected the Miami Heat.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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