Warriors rally, take down Heat in overtime

Stephen Curry brushed aside his worst shooting night in three weeks with a pair of 3-pointers in overtime, including a go-ahead hoop with 1:15 to go that propelled the host Golden State Warriors to a come-from-behind, 120-112 victory over the Miami Heat in San Francisco on Wednesday night.

After trailing by as many as 19 points in the first half and by 14 with under seven minutes remaining in regulation, the Warriors rallied to force overtime, then got the better of the Heat thanks to Curry's late treys that bookended one by Andrew Wiggins.

The Warriors never held the lead until 1:38 left in overtime when Kent Bazemore tipped in a layup to go ahead 109-107.

Attempting to tie the NBA all-time record of 11 consecutive games with at least 27 points while making at least half his shots, Curry failed on both fronts Wednesday, finishing with 25 points on 8-for-25 shooting. He missed 13 of his first 18 3-pointers before connecting on the last two.

Michael Jordan set the record in 1996, then had it tied by Shaquille O'Neal in 2001.

Curry also found time for a game-high-tying 11 assists and got a lot of help from Bazemore with a season-best 26 points, and Wiggins and Kelly Oubre Jr. with 23 apiece.

Golden State, which suffered a setback when Draymond Green couldn't play because of a sore right ankle, won its second straight to go three games over .500 for the first time this season.

After never leading and still down 99-85 with 6:40 to go, the Warriors rallied down the stretch to force the overtime.

Bazemore's driving layup with 52.0 seconds remaining capped a 20-6 run that drew Golden State even at 105-all.

Neither team scored after that, with Jimmy Butler missing a short jumper, Oubre misfiring on a 3-pointer and Kendrick Nunn failing to connect on a buzzer-beating runner.

Butler (13 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists) had a triple-double and Tyler Herro (11 points, game-high 15 rebounds) a double-double for the Heat, who lost their third straight at the midpoint of a seven-game trip.

Bam Adebayo chipped in with 24 points, Nunn 19, Precious Achiuwa and Duncan Robinson 13 apiece and Andre Iguodala 10 for Miami.

Nunn had 14 of his points in the first half, during which the Heat took advantage of rare poor 3-point shooting by Curry to build as much as a 19-point advantage.

Nunn shot 4-for-5 on 3-pointers in the half, helping Miami go 8-for-17. Meanwhile, Golden State attempted seven more treys (24) and made two fewer (six), with Curry going 1-for-9.

The Heat led 61-46 at the break.

--Field Level Media