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Steph Curry had 39 points when Orlando’s Wendell Carter Jr. stepped to the free-throw line with a chance to tie the game in overtime Saturday night.
After Carter’s two missed free throws, Curry drove for the layup that put two NBA milestones on the same line of the box score.
Curry finished with a season-high 41 points, six rebounds and six assists as the Golden State Warriors beat the Magic 126-119 at Chase Center for their seventh straight win.
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It was his 77th regular-season game with at least 40 points, tying Oscar Robertson for eighth in NBA history.
At 38, Curry also broke a tie with LeBron James by recording his 16th such game since turning 35.
It was the second time in three nights that Curry had caught Robertson on an all-time list.
His first 3-pointer against Miami on Thursday pushed him past Robertson’s 26,710 career points and into 17th place on the NBA’s scoring list.
Saturday’s milestone took longer because Orlando erased a 16-point halftime deficit. The Magic won the third quarter 37-20, then forced Curry to answer them four times in the final three minutes of regulation.
He tied the game on a layup, hit two go-ahead threes from the top of the key and banked in another layup to give Golden State a 110-108 lead with 25.2 seconds left.
Jamal Cain’s putback with 1.5 seconds remaining sent the game to overtime. Curry put Golden State ahead for good with a three-point play at the 1:38 mark. After Carter’s misses, Curry’s final layup gave the Warriors a four-point cushion.
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Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg added 23 points and eight rebounds, and Draymond Green handed out 13 assists.
The Warriors host New Orleans on Monday with a chance to win eight straight.
Even before that game, their turnaround had reached back further than either of Curry’s milestones.
The last NBA team to lose its first three games and win its next seven was the 1950-51 Boston Celtics.
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