Overview
- Golden State beat Denver 137-131 in overtime at Chase Center, with Stephen Curry tying the game on a 34-foot three in the final 22 seconds of regulation and capping a 42-point night.
- Aaron Gordon scored a career-high 50 points and went 10-of-11 from deep, tying the NBA season‑opener record for made threes and surpassing the Nuggets’ previous opener scoring mark.
- Steve Kerr used an 'On The Run' inbound to free Curry late and closed with Curry, Jimmy Butler, Jonathan Kuminga, Draymond Green and Al Horford, emphasizing defense and execution.
- Draymond Green and Jonathan Kuminga engineered pivotal contests on Nikola Jokić in crunch time, while Jokić finished with a 21-13-10 triple‑double in the loss.
- The Warriors improved to 2-0 and the Nuggets fell to 0-1, as Curry logged his 42nd 40‑point game since turning 30—two shy of Michael Jordan’s mark—and called Gordon’s night “ridiculous.”