Curry scores season-high 49 points as Warriors beat Wembanyama, Spurs 109-108 in NBA Cup

Stephen Curry had 49 points, outdueling Victor Wembanyama successful different aggravated conflict and the Golden State Warriors rallied to bushed the San Antonio Spurs 109-108 connected Friday nighttime for their archetypal triumph successful the NBA Cup

SAN ANTONIO -- Stephen Curry had 49 points, outdueling Victor Wembanyama successful different aggravated conflict and the Golden State Warriors rallied to bushed the San Antonio Spurs 109-108 connected Friday nighttime for their archetypal triumph successful the NBA Cup.

Wembanyama had 26 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks successful 38 minutes but San Antonio fell to 1-1 successful the NBA Cup.

Curry had 31 points, including a brace of escaped throws with 6 seconds that proved the difference. He was 16 for 26 from the tract and 9 for 17 connected 3-pointers successful his highest-scoring crippled of the season.

The Warriors swept the two-game acceptable successful San Antonio, rallying successful the 4th fourth to triumph some games.

Golden State manager Steve Kerr said playing back-to-back games successful San Antonio gave the crippled had a playoff consciousness and it played retired similar one.

Officials had to abstracted Draymond Green and Wembanyama 3 times arsenic they muscled for presumption connected an inbounds play 4 minutes successful the 4th quarter. Wembanyama would dunk connected Green connected an inbounds alley-oop but officials waved disconnected the handbasket due to the fact that Green fouled the Spurs' halfway anterior to the attempt. Green collected his 5th foul seconds aboriginal connected the adjacent inbounds, storming disconnected the tribunal and screaming astatine officials implicit the whistle.

Wembanyama blocked Jimmy Butler's layup effort with 33 seconds remaining and the Spurs starring 108-107. San Antonio failed to capitalize offensively arsenic De'Aaron Fox missed a 17 footer with 12 seconds remaining.

Curry was fouled by Fox connected the ensuing possession and calmly drained some escaped throws to enactment the Warriors up by 1 point. Fox missed an 18-foot jumper arsenic clip expired.

Fox finished with 24 points and 10 assists and Julian Champagnie added 14 points.

Butler added 21 points and Brandin Podziemski and Will Richard added 10 each for Golden State.

Warriors play Sunday astatine New Orleans.

Spurs big Sacramento connected Sunday.

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