Stephen Curry steals the show with Klay Thompson’s emotional return to Chase Center

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 37 points, including Golden State’s last 12, to lift the Warriors to a 120-117 win over Klay Thompson and the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA Cup game on Tuesday night.

Thompson finished his emotional return to Chase Center with 22 points for the first time since leaving for Dallas in July.

Luka Doncic started and scored 31 points, eight rebounds and six assists after the team ruled his left groin strain was healthy after he completed his warmup.

The Warriors gave fans captain’s hats as a tribute to Thompson’s tradition of taking his boat across the bay to games. Thompson hugged Curry just before tipoff and his 3-pointer gave Dallas a 110-105 lead before his old splash brother took over.

Curry shot 14-for-27, made five 3s and added nine assists and six rebounds, which also led to a 20-3 win early in the third quarter.

Takeaways

Mavericks: Dereck Lively II, whose game is questionable because of a sprained right shoulder, contributed 12 points and eight rebounds. Dallas committed 18 turnovers, which led to 21 Warriors points.

Warriors: Jonathan Kuminga scored 16 points off the bench and Buddy Hield added 14. De’Anthony Melton scored 14 in his third straight game in double figures.

Key moment

Warriors guard Moses Moody went down in transition after blocking Thompson’s three-pointer and tried to tackle Thompson at the 9:40 mark of the second quarter, but picked up a hard foul and made two free throws satisfied.

Thompson also spent time in the fourth quarter defending his replacement, Hield.

Key statistics

Curry fouled Thompson 15 seconds into the game and Thompson scored the first two points of the contest at the free throw line. But Thompson missed his first two field goal attempts before draining a 3-pointer with 1:26 left in the first quarter.

Next

The Mavericks travel to Utah to play the Jazz on Thursday night while the Warriors host Memphis on Friday.

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