Steph Curry scores 52 in win vs. Grizzlies – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

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Welcome to the fifth seed, Warriors.

Opening their most important week of the season as they stared down a gauntlet on the schedule, a scorching hot Steph Curry and the Warriors beat the Memphis Grizzlies 134-125 at FedExForum on Tuesday night. The win gave Golden State the season tiebreaker over Memphis, pushing the Warriors to the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference.

Once again, a tone was set early. 

After dropping 44 points in the first quarter Sunday in a 42-point win over the San Antonio Spurs, the Warriors scored 45 first-quarter points Tuesday night against the Grizzlies. That hot start proved to be extremely important. 

For the umpteenth time this season and in his storied 16-year NBA career, Curry proved to be appointment viewing in the Warriors’ win. Get your popcorn ready. It’s playoff push time, and the four-time champion is ready to roar.

Curry scored 52 points and made 12 3-pointers, giving him his second game with at least 50 points and 12 threes this season. He also fell just two assists shy of a triple-double, grabbing 10 rebounds. Adding to a historic night, Curry also had five steals.

Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green also rose to the occasion. Butler did it all with 27 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals. Green stuffed the stat sheet as always, finishing with a 13-point, 10-rebound, 12-assist triple-double.

Here are three takeaways from Curry’s sizzling night in Memphis.

Can’t Stop Steph

While the Warriors beat the Grizzlies in their previous matchup, they did so without Curry. The last time Curry played against the Grizzlies, he had perhaps the worst game of his career, being held to two points and didn’t make a single shot. Yes, the greatest shooter of all time went 0 of 7 from the field, missed all six of his 3-point attempts and was a minus-41 in 24 minutes on Dec. 19, 2024. 

More than three months later, Curry and the Warriors exacted their revenge. 

Grizzlies rookie Jaylen Wells, along with anybody else who tried to guard Curry, found themselves in a nightmare from the opening tip. Curry made his first five shots, including…

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