Curry scores Christmas career-high to lift shorthanded Warriors past Suns
Snap Suns run to regain top spot
Stephen Curry put his Christmas woes behind him to lift short-handed Golden State Warriors past the Suns.
Warriors without Jordan Poole, Andrew Wiggins, Damion Lee trashed Suns 116-107 on Christmas day.
Curry who has had poor 9 games in the past Christmas scored career Christmas high to help Warriors improve to 27-6.
Steph Curry had 33 points, Otto Porter Jr. scored seven of his 19 during a key late stretch and the Warriors regained to top spot in the NBA from Phoenix.
For first in his career Curry scored more than 20 points having failed in the past nine Christmas games.
He finished 10 for 27, including 5 for 16 from 3 to help the Warriors end Phoenix’s 15-game home winning streak.
The Suns had their chances, keeping it close until the closing minutes in a raucous home atmosphere. They couldn’t close it out, failing to score over the final 3:01 to lose for the third time in 28 games.
Chris Paul had 21 points and eight assists to take up some of the slack from leading scorer Devin Booker, who was held to 13 points on 5-of-19 shooting. Deandre Ayton added 18 points and Mikal Bridges 17.
