{"id":947840,"date":"2026-10-27T06:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T06:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947840\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T06:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T06:22:21","slug":"currys-perfect-shooting-night-helps-warriors-earn-1st-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947840\/","title":{"rendered":"Curry&#8217;s perfect shooting night helps Warriors earn 1st win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER (AP) \u2014 Yaxel Lendeborg had 31 points and 12 rebounds as the Golden State Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets 134-114 on Monday night for their first win of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The big night from the rookie out of Michigan helped the Warriors avoid their first 0-4 start since 2007-08. The team shot 54.1% from the field, including 22-of-44 from 3-point range, and outrebounded Denver by a 50-36 margin.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Curry scored 21 of his 24 points in the second half. He finished 8-of-8 from the floor to help the Warriors steadily pull away from the Nuggets.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steph was PERFECT from the field \ud83d\udcaf<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc0 24 PTS (8-8 FGM)<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc0 3 3PM<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc0 WARRIORS ROAD WIN<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the first time in his career where he scored 20+ PTS in a game without missing a field goal! https:\/\/t.co\/9CZ7vBJJTv<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBA\/status\/2114947264548659419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nikola Jokic had 19 points, seven rebounds and 11 assists before being subbed out with 3:33 remaining and the Nuggets trailing by 21. Denver allowed 74 points after halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Jokic admonished Nuggets fans for booing Saturday night in the home opener after the Nuggets fell behind 23 points before storming back for a 141-135 OT win against New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>This time, some fans just filed out early in a game that started late.<\/p>\n<p>The frustration spilled over for Aaron Gordon in the fourth quarter when he was assessed a double-technical and exited the court. Gordon had seven points. <\/p>\n<p>Lendeborg was 9-of-19 from the field \u2014 1-of-8 from beyond the 3-point line \u2014 and 12-of-13 from the free throw line. He entered the game averaging 18.7 points and 8.3 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors had Curry, Draymond Green and Brandin Podziemski back after they sat out the game in Phoenix. Podziemski finished with 18 points and was a plus-33.<\/p>\n<p>DeMar DeRozan added 21 points for Denver.<\/p>\n<p>Denver was without Alpha Diallo (wrist), Cameron Johnson (ankle), Spencer Jones (hamstring) and Julian Strawther (knee).<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Warriors: At Minnesota on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Nuggets: At New Orleans on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER (AP) \u2014 Yaxel Lendeborg had 31 points and 12 rebounds as the Golden State Warriors beat the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-947840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}