Warriors regroup after blowout loss, ride Curry's 46 over Spurs - ESPN

SAN ANTONIO — In desperate need of a response after a blowout road loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Golden State Warriors turned to their most reliable slump-buster 24 hours later.

Stephen Curry, the 17-year NBA legend in his own personal skid, blasted off for 22 third-quarter points as part of a 46-point performance to lead the Warriors to a 125-120 victory over the Spurs on Wednesday night.

It was the 73rd time Curry has reached 40 in his career and the 43rd time since his 30th birthday. Only Michael Jordan (44) has done it more times after turning 30.

«Routine,» Warriors coach Steve Kerr called it.

The regular season is only 13 games old, but Wednesday felt like a dig-in-the-ground moment for a Warriors team in a recent spiral.

On Tuesday night, they fell down by as many as 36 points to the Thunder and — after a sixth straight road loss — had their outspoken power forward, Draymond Green, publicly question whether players had the requisite focus on winning over personal ambitions.

The loss to the Thunder, which Kerr called «embarrassing» and Jimmy Butler called «humbling,» led to several extended meetings in the late morning and early afternoon at the team's San Antonio hotel before Wednesday night's game, team sources told ESPN.

«We weren't exactly panicking,» Kerr said. «We were 6-6 and there's 70 games left. But we needed to rediscover our identity.»

There'd been some internal discussion about resting Curry, Butler and Green on the second night of a difficult back-to-back. But all three were against that plan, considering the circumstances. Rick Celebrini, the franchise's lead medical decision-maker, gave the green light since all three played so little in the blowout loss the night before.

Curry said the