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Steph Curry ran ahead of Jimmy Butler, his hands raised and ready for the pass, late in the first half of the Tuesday evening match in Memphis.

Curry received the pass he wanted and, about 30 feet from the rim on the right wing, launched a rainbow shot. The ball torn the net and gave him 32 points in the first half, the 22nd time in his career that Curry had scored 30 points in the first half.

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It was undoubtedly the most spectacular of his dozen 3 points, two out of the Klay Thompson co-team.

Against a team of Grizzlies who recently dismissed coach Taylor Jenkins, Curry won 52 points in a 134-125 Golden State victory. He also exceeded Jerry West for the 25th on the marking list of all time after shooting 16 out of 31 on the field and 12 out of 20 beyond the arc.

The Warriors (44-31) are the fifth seeded after their third consecutive victory, now half a game in front of the free fall grizzles (44-32) and also in front of the Minnesota (43-32) in the game to the game tournament. Does this game had an eliminatory feeling for the Warriors?

“It was like one,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr in Media.

Curry was the star during his 36 minutes of action, but he had help. Jimmy Butler was also ultra-efficient and scored 27 points on the shooting of 7 out of 11 from the field while making his 12 free throws. Draymond Green had a triple -double – 13 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists.

Brandin Podziemski put Golden State at the top of five with 1:11 to do in regulations when he jumped over the star of the Grizzlies, Ja Morant (36 points) for a peak lay-up, then Moses Moody gave the Warriors an eight-point lead on the following possession with a 3-point turn.

The Warriors, which were a perfect 28 out of 28 on free throws, salted the game on the line.

During the last curry match at the Fedex Forum in Memphis, he went 0 for 7 on the field and scored only two points in one defeat of 51 points on December 19.

It was undoubtedly the worst performance of his career at the temple of fame.

In the revenge match on Tuesday evening, Curry did not take long to show that there would not be such a repeated performance against a team of apparently reassessment grizzly grizzlymen who had lost six of his last seven.

He made his first five shots and scored 19 points in the first 12 minutes, one where Golden State posted his season at the top of the points at the first quarter with 45.

The superstar made its first four three-point shots, numerous cheers of what was supposed to be a hostile crowd.

Despite Missing attacker Jonathan Kuminga And the athletic defender Gary Payton II of rotation, Golden State had no problem inventing the defense of Memphis.

Golden State put the former defensive player of the year Jaren Jackson Jr. in addition to problems early, with Moody – who Expected friends and family Arkansas nearby to be present – inducing the second offense of Jackson just three minutes from the match.

“It is a question of being able to perform before my people,” said Moody. “They watch me on television all the time along California, but I have a lot of people here today and I had to get a lot of tickets.”

At a time of 17 years, Memphis, led by temporary coach Tuomas Iisalo, retaliated and reduced the deficit to 58-56 with 5:37 to do in the first half.

Grizzles Bigs Jackson Jr. (6 feet 10 inches), Santi Aldama (7-0) and Zach Edey (7-4, 300 pounds) Golden State-without 6-9 Kuminga-inside. They combined for 50 points.

This size continued to give gold problems in the second half. Jackson crossed the defense of warriors with six minutes to do in the third quarter to give Memphis an advance of 85-84.

The teams fought back and forth after this point, but the Warriors came out in the lead.

The Warriors finished their six -game road trip with a strength test with striptes No. 4 in Los Angeles on Thursday. After that, the Warriors will face the third seeded at the Chase Center on Friday.

Originally published: April 1, 2025 at 7:38 p.m.