It's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder against Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night at Chase Center in San Francisco.

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Stephen Curry hit a long 3-pointer with 1:52 left on the way to 21 points, Andrew Wiggins scored 27 and the Golden State Warriors beat the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder 116-109.

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Dennis Schroder scored 23 points with five 3-pointers, Brandin Podziemski contributed 20 points off the bench with Stephen Curry sitting out to rest his troublesome knees, and the Golden State Warriors beat the stumbling Utah Jazz 114-103.

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Stephen Curry and Andrew Wiggins powered the Golden State Warriors to a 116-109 win over the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.

The start looked different, though. It felt like the Thunder were on their way to another stress-free win against a depleted Warriors. After the first quarter, they built a 34-20 lead. Gilgeous-Alexander showed early on that this would be another scoring outburst with 21 points in the frame.

Stephen Curry hit a long 3-pointer with 1:52 left on the way to 21 points as Golden State Warriors beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-109.