"Aaron Gordon's 10th and final made 3 on Thursday night at Chase Center felt like the final dagger. It came with 26 seconds left in regulation, putting the visiting Denver Nuggets up by three and punctuating a career night for the 12th-year forward. But the biggest perimeter fireworks show in Gordon's life happened to come against the greatest shooter of all-time."
"Five seconds later, out of a timeout, Stephen Curry stepped into a semi-contested 34-footer off a screen and buried it to tie the score. Five minutes later, after Curry opened overtime with another made 3 and closed it with two free throws, the Golden State Warriors finished off a 137-131 win to overshadow Gordon's 50-point masterpiece. "The bigger the moment, the more he rises," Draymond Green said of Curry."
Aaron Gordon scored 50 points on 17-of-21 shooting and 10-of-11 from 3, making eight straight 3s to open the game and one shy of an NBA record. Stephen Curry hit a semi-contested 34-foot 3 with five seconds left to tie the game, then opened overtime with a 3 and closed it with two free throws, finishing with 42 points on 14-of-25 shooting and six 3s. The Golden State Warriors won 137-131 in overtime. Gordon became the 17th player to make 10 3s in a loss. Gordon's three-point percentage rose from 29% two seasons ago to 43.6% last season.
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