Hawks overcome Steph Curry’s 60 with OT win vs. Warriors،
ATLANTA — Stephen Curry scored a season-high 60 points in Golden State's 141-134 overtime loss to Atlanta on Saturday night, with Trae Young scoring 35 to help the Hawks outlast the Warriors.
Curry had eight points in overtime to finish just two shy of the career-high 62 he had at home against Portland on Jan. 3, 2021. He made 22 of 38 shots from the field, made 10 of 23 from 3 points and converted. his six free throws.
Curry became the 10th player in NBA history with multiple 60-point games.
It was the sixth 60-point game of 2023-24, the third most in any NBA season (1961-62 had 17 and 1962-63 had nine). Three of them have now suffered defeats (Devin Booker on January 26, Karl-Anthony Towns on January 22) – which, in Curry's case, has drained the joy from the achievement.
“It’s a shame not to have something to show,” he said after the Warriors, 12th in the Western Conference, fell to 21-25.
It's frustrating, obviously, to not get the win knowing that a few plays here, a few plays there could have resulted in a different outcome. It just adds to our frustrating season.”
Still, Curry's efforts weren't lost on the Warriors.
“It just seems like he continues to get better, which is special at his age,” Draymond Green said.
Coach Steve Kerr called Curry's play “incredible.”
“We competed like crazy, but we just couldn’t get over the hump,” Kerr said.
Dejounte Murray scored the final seven points in an 11-0 run to open overtime for Atlanta and finished with 19 points. Onyeka Okongwu had a career-high 22 points and a career-high 16 rebounds, and Jalen Johnson scored 21 points.
Curry scored 22 points in the fourth quarter, including a go-ahead goal with 14 seconds remaining. Murray responded with a jumper from the free throw line to tie it. Curry missed a last-second jumper to send it to overtime.
The Hawks used a six-game homestand to win four straight games, matching their best streak of the season. They are 4-1 at home.
Young and Curry hugged on the court after the game. Young often says he admires Curry and enjoys the opportunity to play against one of his favorite players.
“It’s a lot more fun when you win,” Young said. “You always want to fight, you always want to compete, you want to show your best against the best. … Steph was obviously in it in that second half.”
Young, averaging 27.3 points, is second in the NBA with 11 assists per game, but did not make the All-Star team.
“I told him after the game that everything will come back to him if he continues to approach the game the right way,” Curry said of Young.
The Warriors were shorthanded, especially after the first half.
Forward Dario Saric (illness) missed his second consecutive game. Forward Andrew Wiggins suffered what Kerr called a left foot injury late in the first half and Jonathan Kuminga fouled out with 1:06 left in regulation. X-rays of Wiggins' foot were negative.
Kerr said Saric could rejoin the team for its next game in Brooklyn.
It was tied at 89 at the start of the fourth period. Curry scored Golden State's first two baskets of the final period, then gave the Warriors a 105-104 lead with a 3-pointer.
Kuminga scored 16 points, ending his eight-game streak with 20-plus points.
Young's Lester Quinones and Golden State, who scored 17 points, traded long 3s to end the first quarter. Young sank a 27-footer with less than 2 seconds left in the period. The Warriors quickly passed the ball to Quinones, who launched a half-court shot to beat the buzzer.
Golden State rookie guard Brandin Podziemski appeared to injure his right leg when he landed awkwardly while trying to avoid a foul on Young late in the first half. Podziemski limped off the field, was escorted to the locker room and returned in the second period.
Hawks forward Saddiq Bey, who sprained his left ankle in the first half of Friday night's 129-120 win over Phoenix and did not play in the second half, was ruled out before the game. Coach Quin Snyder before the game “It's not something that should keep him for an extended period of time.”
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
