With 1:38 remaining in overtime, Stephen Curry restored a Golden State lead that had proved surprisingly difficult to keep. He made an 8-foot shot, drew Wendell Carter Jr.’s foul and converted the free throw for a 120-118 advantage. The Warriors had trailed 118-117 after Tristan da Silva’s three at 2:24, which followed a Golden State shot-clock turnover.
Curry’s finish answered an opponent that had already erased a 16-point halftime deficit.
Golden State beat Orlando 126-119 Saturday at Chase Center for its seventh consecutive win. It took overtime to complete a game the Warriors had led 57-41 at halftime. Orlando’s reversal, and its brief advantage in the extra period, made Curry’s late work essential to a result that had looked much simpler at the break.
Curry finished with 41 points on 13-for-19 shooting, including 5-for-10 from 3-point range. He also made all 10 of his free throws. Those foul shots were not decorative. They were part of how Golden State survived a game in which its own errors repeatedly gave Orlando another opening.
The collapse started after a 57-41 halftime advantage. Orlando moved ahead 78-77 after three quarters, and the fourth became a tense exchange rather than a controlled finish. The Magic reached that point through volume: 24 offensive rebounds and 113 field-goal attempts against three offensive rebounds and 80 attempts for Golden State.
The Warriors made 54% of their shots, but Orlando kept manufacturing extra possessions. Efficiency can be impressive; possession count can be rude.
Golden State also committed 19 turnovers to Orlando’s 14. Draymond Green created 13 assists in 34 minutes, including passes that set up Curry’s late regulation 3-pointer and Yaxel Lendeborg’s overtime 3-pointer, but Green also had four turnovers. The passing helped the Warriors produce 43 made field goals. The giveaways helped explain why those 43 makes were not enough to end the evening on time.
Curry’s work at the line became especially important in the closing minutes of regulation. With 37.1 seconds left and the score tied 106-106, Carter was called for a shooting foul and Curry made both free throws. Franz Wagner answered with a basket, then Curry scored on a layup when 25.2 seconds remained to give Golden State a 110-108 lead.
Orlando still owned the final sequence: Carter’s missed layup at 2 seconds left was followed by Jamal Cain’s offensive rebound and tip at 1.5 seconds, tying the game at 110-110.
That exchange captures the whole contest. Curry kept producing, but Orlando’s second chances kept canceling the benefit. Cain finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, including four offensive boards. Wagner supplied 11 assists alongside his 30 points, though his six turnovers gave Golden State chances of its own.