Gilgeous-Alexander scores 52 but Curry and Wiggins driver Balanced Warriors Past Thunder 116-109

San Francisco (AP) -stephen Curry hit a long 3-point with 1:52 back on the way to 21 points, Andrew Wiggins scored 27 and the Golden State Warriors beat the western conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder 116-109 on Wednesday night.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 52 points for Thunder, two from his career high set against Utah Jazz a week earlier.

Gilgeous-Alexander had 17 points in the opening 8:10 and 21 of his team’s 34 first quarter. He shot 16 for 29 and converted 18 out of 21 free throw.

Curry returned after sitting out of Tuesday’s victory against jazz to rest his ailing knees and missed his first five shots before connecting to the 10:46 mark in the second quarter.

Kevon Looney scored 18 from the bench and Gary Payton II had 15 points and nine rebounds.

Curry, coach Steve Kerr and two members of the Golden State staff received their championship rings from Grant Hill in a first name ceremony to win the Olympic gold medal last summer in Paris.

Takeaways

Thunder: Oklahoma City had won the last three at Warriors’ home ground since a defeat of 136-125 in Chase Center on April 4, 2023. … Alex Caruso sprained his left ankle.

Warriors: Curry passed Ray Allen (24,505 points) for 27th place on the career scoring list. … to-way Big Man Quinten Post earned his first career start in his ninth NBA game. He had three violations without shots, points or rebounds over eight minutes in the first half and did not play again.

Keying moment

Gilgeous-Alexander scored five even points late in the first half and eight of Oklahoma City’s last 11- and helped a 3-pointer of Isaiah Joe-Da Thunder led 58-48 during the break.

Key State

Oklahoma City’s Isaiah Hartenstein grabbed 18 rebounds.

Up next

Oklahoma City heads home to meet Sacramento on Saturday while Warriors hosts Phoenix on Friday night.

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