Stephen Curry bombed in a game of 36 points, Brandin Podziemski and Jimmy Butler III, together for 45 more and the Golden State Warriors, the Denver Nuggets 118-104 unloaded in San Francisco on Friday.
The Warriors (46-31) achieved their fifth victory in a row in the Western Conference Playoff Chase to climb fourth place in Nugget (47-31) within half a game.
Golden State is a game in front of the Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves to avoid the western game tournament.
Curry shot 7-against-15 from 3-point range and Podziemski 4-to-8 when the Warriors enforced the Nuggets 48-36 from a long reach. Golden State recorded his first victory over Denver in three attempts this season.
A third defeat in a row, Denver dropped four games behind the second -placed Houston Rockets with only four remaining games.
The attempt to lead the warriors into exhaustion after Golden State passed a six-game trip that ended with a hard victory against the Los Angeles Lakers the night before.
However, Golden State had the rest of the night when Podziemski broke up with 26 points with 36 or more Curry’s third game in a row.
Podziemski also found time for Team Highs in rebounds with eight and assists with six for the Warriors, who have improved to 21: 5 since the takeover of Butler.
Butler had five templates and five steals to go with his 19 points.
Kevon Looney needed the deep aid on the second night of a rear back ladder and was the Warriors’ top performers from the bank with seven points and seven rebounds in 18 minutes.
Nikola Jokic went again without buddy Jamal Murray, who was equipped due to a thigh injury. He scored 13 of his 17 shots and made four of the 12 successful 3-point attempts from Denver.
Michael Porter Jr. supported Jokic with 23 points and nine rebounds, Aaron Gordon had 15 points and eight assists, and Christian Braun collected 16 points and seven rebounds.
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