Overtime was a one-possession game when Stephen Curry got downhill. He finished an 8-foot bucket and the free throw that came with it at the 1:38 mark, turning a 117-118 deficit into a 120-118 lead, then added another 8-foot score with 54.1 seconds left as Golden State closed out Orlando 126-119 at Chase Center on Saturday.
Curry put up 41 points to go with six boards and six helpers in 36 minutes. ESPN's box matches that line and lists 13-of-19 shooting, 5-of-10 from three and a 10-for-10 night at the free-throw line.
The Associated Press recap said that and-one put the Warriors ahead for good and that Wendell Carter Jr. then missed both free throws at 1:15 of overtime, attempts that would have tied the score. ESPN's play-by-play confirms both misses after Yaxel Lendeborg blocked Carter's layup and fouled him on the rebound.
Golden State improved to 7-3 and won its seventh straight, the club's longest run since a seven-game stretch from March 3-15, 2025, the AP reported. The Warriors opened the season 0-3. Orlando fell to 2-7 and, per the AP, has now lost four straight on Golden State's floor.
A frantic close to regulation
The Warriors led 57-41 at halftime after quarters of 31 and 26 points, then scored only 20 in the third while Orlando poured in 37 and took a 78-77 edge into the fourth. The final minutes of regulation turned into a trade of baskets. Curry tied it at 100 on a layup with 2:21 left and made a 26-foot three at 1:47.
After Tristan da Silva answered from 28 feet, Curry hit a 25-foot three at 1:01. Carter tied the game again from 26 feet with 50.8 seconds left. Curry made both free throws at the 37.1-second mark for a 108-106 lead, Wagner tied it once more, and Curry drove for a layup with 25.2 seconds remaining that put Golden State up 110-108.
Jamal Cain tipped in a shot with 1.5 seconds left, per ESPN's play-by-play, and the game went to overtime at 110-110. The AP described that finish as a putback with two seconds left, the Magic's third look in that last sequence. Cain scored 18 and grabbed 12 rebounds as a reserve.
Wagner led Orlando with 30 points and 11 assists. da Silva scored 19, and Carter also finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
In overtime the Warriors scored 16 points to Orlando's nine. After Lendeborg's 26-foot three made it 117-112, Orlando went back in front 118-117 on da Silva's three before Curry's and-one. Lendeborg later dunked with 11 seconds left and made both free throws after a foul to set the final margin at 126-119.
