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Curry stuns OKC
Long 3-pointer the OT winner
Associated Press

Steph Curry’s 3-pointer from beyond 30 feet with 0.6 seconds left in overtime gave the Golden State Warriors a 121-118 win in Oklahoma City on Saturday night.

Curry finished with 46 points as his winning shot was his 12th 3-pointer, tying the NBA single-game record. He also broke his own NBA record for 3s in a season, leaving the new mark at 288.

With the win, Golden State became the first team this season to clinch a playoff berth.

Curry, the league’s scoring leader and reigning MVP, missed about six minutes of the third quarter with a left ankle injury. He drove to the basket and rolled the ankle before Thunder guard Russell Westbrook stepped on it.

Kevin Durant led the Thunder with 37 points, but he fouled out in the first minute of overtime. Durant has scored 20 or more in 44 straight games.

Durant fouled out for just the fourth time in 621 career regular-season games.

The Warriors won the previous meeting with the Thunder, 116-108, at home on Feb. 6.

The teams play again Thursday at Golden State.

Oklahoma City led by 12 in the fourth quarter, but the Warriors rallied. Klay Thompson made a 3 from the left corner to cut Oklahoma City’s lead to 100-99. It was the first 3 of the game for any Warriors player other than Curry.

Durant responded with a 3-pointer with 14.5 seconds left to put the Thunder up, 103-99.

Thompson quickly scored a layup, then the Thunder turned the ball over, and Andre Iguodala was fouled with 0.7 seconds left. Iguodala made both free throws to tie the score at 103 and force the extra period.

Timberwolves 112, Pelicans 110 — Karl-Anthony Towns had 30 points and 15 rebounds, Andrew Wiggins hit two free throws with 3.6 seconds left, and visiting Minn­esota rallied to beat shorthanded New Orleans.

Zach LaVine added 25 points on 11-of-17 shooting, including a 3-pointer with 2:43 left that gave the Timberwolves their first lead since the first quarter.

The Pelicans tied the score at 110 on two free throws by Eric Gordon with 12.2 seconds remaining. Wiggins, who was only 5 for 15 from the floor, then drove to the basket and drew a foul from Gordon.

Gordon and Ryan Anderson scored 31 points each for New Orleans.

The Pelicans played without All-Star forward Anthony Davis after he sprained his right big toe in warm-ups.

The Pelicans dropped to 1-6 in games Davis has missed.

Trail Blazers 103, Bulls 95 — Damian Lillard scored 31 points and visiting Portland won for the 16th time in 20 games, beating shorthanded Chicago — despite a triple-double from Pau Gasol (22 points, 16 rebounds, and a career-high 14 assists).

Lillard hit the 30-point mark for the sixth time in seven games, and Mason Plumlee added 16 points and nine rebounds.

Gerald Henderson scored 13 and the Trail Blazers got back to winning after blowing a 21-point lead in a loss to Houston two nights earlier.

Portland led by 10 at halftime and hung on to hand Chicago its second loss in two nights.

The Bulls got a triple-double from Pau Gasol along with big performances from E'Twaun Moore and Doug McDermott, but came up short with Derrick Rose (sore right hamstring) missing his third straight game.

Moore scored all but two of his 19 in the second half.

McDermott scored 18, his career-best fifth straight game in double digits, and Bobby Portis added 10 points and 16 rebounds for Chicago.

After McDermott hit three free throws to cut Portland’s lead to 86-83 with 7:15 remaining, Henderson nailed a 3-pointer for the Blazers. Lillard then flipped in a baseline floater as he got fouled by Tony Snell and hit the free throw with 6:20 left.

Spurs 104, Rockets 94 — Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points and LaMarcus Aldridge added 26 to lead San Antonio in Houston, tying the mark as the seventh-fastest team in NBA history to reach 50 wins (50-9).

It was the fifth straight win for the Spurs, who have a double-digit lead in the Southwest Division and the second-best record in the NBA behind Golden State.

The Spurs were wrapping up a season-high eight-game road trip, but showed no signs of fatigue as they never trailed and held a double-digit lead for most of the night.

San Antonio led by as many as 31 points in the second half, but Houston slowly chipped away at the lead. James Harden and Jason Terry both made a 3-pointer to power a 6-2 run that made it 94-83 with less than four minutes left.

The Spurs slowed Houston down after that by intentionally fouling Dwight Howard, and Leonard and Aldridge both added baskets to secure the victory.

San Antonio went 7-1 in this road trip and extended their NBA record of straight 50-win seasons to 17.

Harden led the Rockets with 27 points, but shot just 10 for 25 from the field.

Nets 98, Jazz 96 — Thaddeus Young had 21 points and eight rebounds while Brook Lopez added 19 to lead Brooklyn in Salt Lake City.

Wayne Ellington had 16 points for the Nets, who broke a three-game losing streak to the Jazz extending to last season.

Gordon Hayward scored 27 points and Rudy Gobert chipped in 12 points, a season-high 19 rebounds, and 6 blocks to lead Utah. Rodney Hood scored 15 points while Derrick Favors added 13 points and 11 rebounds.

It wasn’t enough to keep Utah from losing at home to an Eastern Conference opponent for just the second time in nine games.

Suns 111, Grizzlies 106 — Alex Len had 22 points and 16 rebounds as host Phoenix snapped a 13-game losing streak.

Mirza Teletovic added 18 points, P.J. Tucker scored 17 and Devin Booker 15 for the Suns, who won for just the third time in 31 games and gave interim coach Earl Watson his first victory in his 10th try.

Zach Randolph and Mike Conley scored 19 apiece for the Grizzlies, who had won 13 of 17 and were coming off a 112-95 victory over the Lakers in Los Angeles on Friday night.

Pistons 102, Bucks 91 — Andre Drummond posted his NBA-leading 50th double-double with 15 points and 17 rebounds, as Detroit won in Milwaukee.

Reggie Jackson had 22 points and eight assists for Detroit, which won its third straight game.

The Pistons opened 6 of 7 from behind the arc in the first quarter and 11 of 19 in the half. They capitalized on Milwaukee mistakes, outscoring the Bucks 23-6 in points off turnovers.

Khris Middleton led the Bucks with 26 points. Defensively, Milwaukee gave outside shooters less room in the second half.

But the Bucks could never get closer than five after spotting the Pistons a 16-point lead in the second quarter.

Miscues kept hurting the Bucks, who committed 21 turnovers.