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Andrew Wiggins emerged from a recent slump with a season-high 28 points and Stephen Curry contributed 32 points Sunday afternoon as the Golden State Warriors ended a four-game losing streak with a 131-119 victory over Utah Jazz visitors in San Francisco.
Wiggins, who had failed to score at least 20 points in nine consecutive games, the worst draw of his career, hit 12 of 16 from the field and 3 of 4 from 3-point range to surpass his previous season record of 27. , recorded Dec. 29 in Detroit.
Curry, who had shot just 8 of 29 on triples during the Warriors’ four-game streak, was six of nine against the Jazz, who had entered the game with the NBA’s third-best defense against triples.
Donovan Mitchell (24), Rudy Gobert (24), Mike Conley (23) and Jordan Clarkson (21) all surpassed 20 points for the Jazz, which have lost four of their last six.
Golden State led most of the time, but Utah edged closer to 103-102 on a short jump from Clarkson with 7:36 left.
Eric Paschall responded with a jump shot for the Warriors, and when Jordan Poole added a dunk, Golden State had a five-point lead. Utah never got close to the three of them again.
Playing on his 33rd birthday, Curry also found time for nine assists and five rebounds for the Warriors, who won their fourth straight home game since Feb. 15.
Draymond Green contributed a triple-double of 11 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists in the victory, while Poole finished with 18 points off the bench and James Wiseman had 16.
Gobert had 28 rebounds, the best of the season, to complete his third 20/20 game of the season for Utah, which had won all five of its previous games against the Warriors, including 127-108 at home in January.
The Warriors held a 67-54 lead at halftime, which was primarily the result of a 15-0 flurry after Utah held its only half lead for just 17 seconds.
After Royce O’Neal put Utah up 11-9 with a triple in the sixth minute of the game, Curry immediately changed the lead with a four-point play, the result of a triple in which Conley fouled him. .
After Kelly Oubre Jr. hit a float, Curry hit a layup, a short jump and another triple. When Wiseman hit a hook shot, Golden State had built a 24-11 lead.
Utah approached one midway through the second period, but this time Golden State gradually drifted away, taking its 13-point lead at halftime after Green scored a dunk with 2.1 seconds left. – Field-level media / Reuters
