Warriors' Stephen Curry passes Kevin Durant on special NBA all-time record leaderboard originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Golden State Warriors needed a bounceback. Even this deep into his career, Stephen Curry was the man for the job.

Curry’s gesture came just one day after a difficult return from illness. The Warriors lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder in their first game back. But by Wednesday, Curry was back in form, lighting up the Spurs with 46 points in a 125-120 victory.

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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has had many memorable moments with young fans throughout his 17-year career, but he may have provided one of his most touching on Wednesday night.

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In his first contest back on the floor after a three-game absence, Curry finished with 11 points on 4-of-13 shooting from the field and 1-of-5 shooting from the field. Curry added a rebound, a steal and a flagrant foul in 20 minutes against the Thunder.

It’s going to be really, really hard to do this without a Steph Curry or someone like that in the future,” Lacob said last week in a Chronicle interview. “He’s not going to play forever, though I do think he may play longer than we all think.

Curry’s best scoring performance in the 2020-21 season happened on Jan. 3, 2021, when he scored 62 points (18-31 FG, 8-16 3Pt, 18-19 FT) in a 137-122 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. Curry also added five rebounds and four assists in that game, and that was one of three games in which Curry finished with over 50 points.

Steph Curry looked incredulously at the officials late in the first quarter of Oklahoma City’s 126-102 victory over the Warriors at Paycom Center on Tuesday. After a replay review