Denver Nuggets @ Golden State Warriors
Friday, April 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM ET
Chase Center, San Francisco, CA | Game ID: 22401125
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
GSW 34 32 30 22 118DEN 44 16 24 20 104
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Stephen Curry scores 36 points as Warriors beat Nuggets 118-104 for fifth straight win
SAN FRANCISCO -- — Stephen Curry scored 36 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets 118-104 on Friday night for their fifth straight win.
Brandin Podziemski added 26 and Jimmy Butler III had 19 for the Warriors. They pulled within a half-game of the Nuggets, who began play third in the Western Conference.
The Warriors built a double-digit lead in the third quarter and maintained it the rest of the way. A 3-pointer by Curry midway through the quarter gave Golden State a 15-point lead, and he also completed a three-point play with under three minutes to play to keep the lead at 15.
Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 33 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists, after finishing with 61 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the last game he played.
Curry had 19 points at halftime as Golden State led 66-60.
The Nuggets were without Jamal Murray (hamstring), but the rest of the starters returned after sitting out Wednesday night’s loss to the Spurs.
Takeaways Nuggets: Without Murray, the Nuggets have lost three straight and fell to the Warriors for the first time in nine games in a potential first-round playoff preview.
Warriors: The Warriors, after beating the Lakers on Thursday, returned home following a 4-2 road trip with a huge win.
Key moment The Warriors improved to 21-5 since trading for Butler, who opened the fourth with a tough 3-pointer with the shot clock winding down, then knocked down two free throws following a Nuggets turnover to give the Warriors a 17-point lead.
Key stat Curry has averaged 41.7 points over his last three games, after putting up 37 and 52 points in his prior two games.
Up next Both teams play on Sunday, with the Warriors hosting the Rockets and the Nuggets hosting the Pacers.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
GSWBH B. Hield
BP B. Podziemski
DG D. Green
GP G. Payton II
GS G. Santos
JB J. Butler III
JK J. Kuminga
KK K. Knox II
KL K. Looney
MM M. Moody
QP Q. Post
SC S. Curry
DENAG A. Gordon
CB C. Braun
HT H. Tyson
JP J. Pickett
JO Jokic
MP M. Porter Jr.
NJ N. Jokić
PW P. Watson
RW R. Westbrook
VČ V. Čančar
ZN Z. Nnaji
GSW/DEN the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur