NBA

Dallas Mavericks at Golden State Warriors

· NBA Cup - Group Play
5-6, 1-3 Away
Final
117 - 120

Stephen Curry steals the show in Klay Thompson's emotional return to Chase Center

Klay, Steph break down the shimmy

Thompson finished with 22 points in an emotional return to Chase Center for the first time since he departed to join Dallas in July.

Luka Doncic started and had 31 points, eight rebounds and six assists after the team decided his left groin strain was healthy to play once he went through his warmup routine.

The Warriors gifted captain hats to fans in a tribute to Thompson's tradition of taking his boat across the bay to games. Thompson embraced Curry shortly before tipoff and his 3-pointer gave Dallas a 110-105 lead before his old Splash Brother took over.

Curry shot 14 for 27 making five 3s and added nine assists and six rebounds, also sparking a 20-3 burst to begin the third quarter.

Takeaways Mavericks: Dereck Lively II, questionable to play because of a sprained right shoulder, contributed 12 points and eight rebounds. Dallas committed 18 turnovers leading to 21 Warriors points.

Warriors: Jonathan Kuminga scored 16 points off the bench and Buddy Hield had 14. De'Anthony Melton scored 14 in his third straight game in double figures.

Key moment Coming down in transition moments after blocking Thompson's 3-pointer, Warriors guard Moses Moody tried to dunk on Thompson at the 9:40 mark of the second quarter only to take a hard foul and settle for a pair of free throws.

Thompson also spent time in the fourth quarter defending his replacement, Hield.

Key stat Curry fouled Thompson 15 seconds into the game and Thompson scored the initial two points of the contest at the free-throw line. But Thompson missed his initial two field-goal attempts before knocking down a 3-pointer with 1:26 remaining in the opening quarter.

Up next The Mavericks travel to Utah to play the Jazz on Thursday night, while the Warriors host Memphis on Friday.

Regular Season Series

GS leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Warriors: 67.0%
Mavericks: 33.0%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 117 - 120
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 117 - 120
4th 2.0 De'Anthony Melton defensive rebound 117 - 120
4th 5.0 Luka Doncic misses three point shot 117 - 120
4th 12.2 Stephen Curry makes free throw 2 of 2 117 - 120

Statistics

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44-84 FG 45-94
52.4 Field Goal % 47.9
11-34 3PT 14-41
32.4 Three Point % 34.1
18-24 FT 16-27
75.0 Free Throw % 59.3
40 Rebounds 50
8 Offensive Rebounds 18
32 Defensive Rebounds 32
26 Assists 29
6 Steals 13
1 Blocks 7
17 Turnovers 12
1 Team Turnovers 1
18 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
21 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 20
15 Fast Break Points 25
56 Points in Paint 54
23 Fouls 18
11 Largest Lead 13

Game Information

Chase Center

Location: San Francisco, CA
Attendance: 18,064 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 20 9 .690 - W3
Memphis 20 10 .667 0.5 L1
Dallas 19 10 .655 1 W2
San Antonio 15 14 .517 5 L1
New Orleans 5 25 .167 15.5 L7

2024-25 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Clippers 17 13 .567 - W1
LA Lakers 16 13 .552 0.5 L1
Golden State 15 13 .536 1 L1
Phoenix 14 14 .500 2 L3
Sacramento 13 17 .433 4 L4
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