CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Stephen Curry had 21 points and 10 assists in his annual homecoming game, and Golden State pulled away in the second half to defeat Charlotte for their sixth win in seven games.
Curry, who was raised in Charlotte and played at nearby Davidson College, finished 6 of 14 from the field and made three three-pointers.
The Hornets appeared determined not to let Curry beat them in the first half and repeatedly blitzed the 11-time All-Star with double-teams. Curry responded by finding open teammates for easy buckets and had nine assists at halftime.
Buddy Hield scored 22 points and Brandin Podziemski added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Warriors, who were coming off a 126-119 loss at Philadelphia on Saturday.
Draymond Green had 16 points and 13 rebounds.
Trail Blazers 119, 76ers 102
PHILADELPHIA — Anfernee Simons scored 21 of his 34 points in the second half, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 119-102 on Monday night.
Simons shot 13 for 26, including 6 for 11 from beyond the arc. Shaedon Sharpe added 20 points, a career-high 11 rebounds and five assists.
Andre Drummond finished with 25 points, 18 rebounds and two steals for the 76ers. Justin Edwards added 16 points and six rebounds.
The Trail Blazers trailed 61-56 at the half but outscored the 76ers by 22 points in the second half.
MIAMI — Bam Adebayo had 19 points and 15 rebounds to break Miami’s franchise record for double-doubles, and the Heat cruised to a victory over NBA-worst Washington.
Adebayo, in his eighth season with Miami, reached the milestone with a rebound late in the second quarter. He has 222 double-doubles, one more than Rony Seikaly had in six seasons from 1988-94.
Wizards rookie Kyshawn George left with a jaw injury in the fourth quarter after taking an inadvertent elbow from Adebayo.
Duncan Robinson scored 17 points, and Tyler Herro and Pelle Larsson had 16 apiece for the Heat, who have won three of four. Miami is seventh in the Eastern Conference and is seeking to make a push for a guaranteed playoff spot.
Khris Middleton led Washington with 16 points and Bub Carrington scored 14.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 51 points and Oklahoma City defeated Houston for their 50th win of the season.
Gilgeous-Alexander reached 50 points for the fourth time this season, all in the past seven weeks. The NBA’s scoring leader finished with at least 40 for the ninth time in 2024-25. He made 18 of 30 field goals, went 5 of 9 on 3-pointers and hit all 10 of his free throws.
Jalen Williams added 24 points for the Thunder (50-11).
Cam Whitmore matched career highs with 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Reed Sheppard added a career-best 25 points for the Rockets.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Caris LeVert made a layup as time expired, finishing with 25 points as Atlanta rallied to beat Memphis.
Desmond Bane had has first career triple-double for Memphis, but Dyson Daniels stole the ball from him with 3.8 seconds remaining. LeVert got the ball and streaked down the floor for a layup that beat the horn, confirmed after an officials’ review.
LeVert had 16 points in the fourth quarter.
Zaccharie Risacher scored 27 points for Atlanta. Onyeka Okongwu had 16 points and 12 rebounds, while Trae Young had 12 points and 15 assists.
Bane led Memphis with a season-high 35 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Luke Kennard had 17 points.
DALLAS — Zach LaVine scored 22 points and DeMar DeRozan added 20, each sitting out the fourth quarter, as Sacramento beat Dallaswith the Mavericks losing Kyrie Irving late in the first quarter to a left knee sprain.
The Kings have won four consecutive games while the Mavericks have dropped two straight and four of five.
Sacramento played without Domantas Sabonis, the NBA’s top rebounder, who suffered a grade 1 left hamstring strain in the first minute of Saturday’s win at Houston. Sabonis will miss at least one week.
Jonas Valanciunas made his first start since being acquired by the Kings on Feb. 5 and had 14 points and nine rebounds in 23 minutes through three quarters.
SALT LAKE CITY — Cade Cunningham had 29 points, nine assists and four steals, and Detroit beat Utah for their 10th win in 11 games.
Ausar Thompson added 17 points and was 7 for 7 from the field, while Jaren Duren was also perfect at 5 for 5 en route to 16 points and 12 rebounds.
Kyle Filipowski finished with a career-high 25 points and added eight rebounds for the Jazz. Collin Sexton had 16 points and three steals.
Cunningham had 17 points by halftime, when Detroit led 67-47. The Pistons pulled away with a 14-2 run in the fourth quarter to extend a 17-point lead to 29 points.
Thompson scored 15 in the second half and finished with six rebounds, five assists, and three steals.
