Curry 46 leads Warriors over Spurs despite Wambayama triple-double

SAN ANTONIO – Stephen Curry scored 46 points and the Golden State Warriors beat San Antonio 125-120 on Wednesday night, overcoming another impressive performance from Spurs star Victor Wambayama.

Jimmy Butler had 28 points and eight assists for Golden State, which had lost three of four. Moses Moody added 19 points.

Vembanayama had 31 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists for his fourth career triple-double. He had 38 points and 12 rebounds in a 121-117 win Monday night in Chicago.

Stephen Castle added 23 points and 10 assists as the Spurs suffered their first home loss of the season. They had won three in a row overall.

Curry scored 29 points in the second half as the Warriors outscored the Spurs 76-64 over the final two quarters.

His fourth 3-pointer gave Golden State a 74-73 lead with five minutes left in the third quarter, its first lead since the opening minutes of the first.

Curry had 22 points in the third quarter, going 5-for-9 on 3-pointers and making all nine of his free throw attempts.

Golden State went 32-for-36 while San Antonio went 14-for-16.

The Spurs had three alley-oop dunks to build a 16-point lead in the second quarter, and the seven-foot-four Vembanayama didn’t throw any down, though he did contribute one layup. Luke Cornett had the other two dunks on assists from Kessel and Devin Wessel.

Wembanyama blocked Draymond Green’s 25-foot, 3-point attempt in the opening quarter, leaping from the free-throw line to get to the ball. The block extended Wembanyama’s streak to 96 straight games with at least one block.

Golden State improved to 1-1 on the six-game road trip. San Antonio has four games remaining on its homestand.

The teams meet again on Friday.