Curry’s heroics overshadow Gordon’s 50-point night in Warriors’ OT win

Stephen Curry stole the show on an Aaron Gordon career night by doing what he does so frequently.

The Warriors overcame Gordon’s 50-point night and defeated the Denver Nuggets 137-131 on Thursday night with the help of Curry’s tie-breaking 3-pointer late in regulation and finishing with 16 straight points.

Curry finished with 42 points, which is “kind of like a playoff-style vibe where someone has an out-of-body experience and you dig deep to steal one pretty much.”

Making 10 3-pointers, which is three more than Gordon had ever made in a game, set the record for the seventh 50-point season opener in NBA history.

Due to Curry’s performance down the stretch, it wasn’t enough.

Gordon responded, “It stinks.” They inquired as to whether I wanted the game ball. No. I’m not interested in carrying the L. It’s terrible. However, there is only one game. Our first game is this.

With 2:42 left, the Warriors were seven points down late when Curry reached the line and made two free throws. After encouraging the crowd to get loud before he went to the line, he was then fouled on a 3-pointer the following time.

With 25.7 seconds left, Curry then tied the game with 1:24 to play, only to see Gordon respond with a 3 of his own to put Denver at 120-117.

Curry referred to Gordon’s 10-for-11 shooting night as “ridiculous” from a long range perspective. “Whatever he did this summer worked,” he said.

With 21.4 seconds left in the game, Curry made the game-tying 3 with a pick-and-roll to get a crack at the space.

Curry said, “On that one, I kind of did a little snake and I saw a little bit of daylight.” “Decisive.” No second-guessing your actions.

The Nuggets were amazed by the shot.

Gordon remarked, “He hit a very tough shot to send it to OT.” “Steph is Steph being Steph.”

Nikola Jokic missed a shot in the lane just before the buzzer, which made the game overtime. In the extra session, Curry scored seven points, and Jimmy Butler’s 3-pointers helped him to increase Golden State’s season total to 2-0.

After Butler’s 3 in the final minute of overtime, Curry even made his signature “night night” move.

The Nuggets will now be left wondering how they wasted such a stellar night on Gordon, who tied Terry Rozier’s NBA record with 10 3-pointers in the first half and broke Alex English’s franchise record of 47 points in the opener.