Curry carries Warriors
Steph Curry scored 30-plus and helped the Golden State Warriors beat the Clippers in the SoFi Play‑In, and Golden State will face the Phoenix Suns Friday for the Western Conference’s No. 8 seed. ( ). He now owns a 7–2 record in elimination games when scoring 30 or more and ranks among the all‑time leaders in play‑in scoring at about 31.2 points per game, per social coverage of the night. (x.com) A rapid‑turnaround reaction clip titled “Steph Curry Reacts to Incredible Warriors SoFi NBA Play‑In Comeback” was published on YouTube to capture the immediate postgame emotion. (youtube.com)
Stephen Curry scored 35 points, and the Golden State Warriors erased a late deficit to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 126-121 on Wednesday night and stay alive in the Western Conference play-in. (apnews.com) Curry scored 27 of those 35 points after halftime, hit 7 of 12 from 3-point range, and played 36 minutes at Intuit Dome. Al Horford added four 3-pointers as Golden State closed the game with a fourth-quarter surge. (espn.com) (apnews.com) The win moved Golden State into Friday night’s play-in game against Phoenix for the West’s No. 8 seed. Under the tournament format, the No. 9 versus No. 10 game is an elimination game, and the winner advances to face the loser of the No. 7 versus No. 8 matchup. (cbssports.com) Phoenix is in that spot because the Suns lost their No. 7-versus-No. 8 play-in game to Portland on Tuesday, sending the Suns into the final play-in round. Friday’s winner gets the conference’s last playoff berth. (cbssports.com) For Golden State, the result extended a season that had looked close to ending after a 115-110 loss to the Clippers on Sunday dropped the Warriors into the No. 10 position. Four days later, they beat the same opponent on the same floor with Curry carrying the offense in the second half. (espn.com) (apnews.com) The play-in has now become a familiar pressure stage for Curry. Social media posts circulating after the game said he improved to 7-2 in elimination games when scoring at least 30 points and pushed his play-in scoring average to about 31.2 points per game, though those figures came through social coverage rather than an official league statistical release. (x.com) The immediate reaction cycle started within hours. A YouTube clip titled “Steph Curry Reacts to Incredible Warriors SoFi NBA Play-In Comeback” was published Wednesday, featuring Curry discussing the turnaround after the game. (youtube.com) Now the Warriors get one more game, and Curry gets one more elimination spot. Friday’s matchup with Phoenix will decide whether Golden State reaches the 2026 National Basketball Association playoffs as the West’s No. 8 seed. (cbssports.com)
