NBA roundup: Warriors’ one-two punch from long range drops the Magic

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson each made seven three-pointers and the Golden State Warriors won their seventh consecutive game, beating the Magic, 118-98, on Sunday in Orlando.

With the score tied at the half, the Warriors woke up from West Coast time after the intermission to pull away. This was the first Eastern time zone noon tip for them since 1995, when they lost by 34 points in Orlando.

Curry went seven for 13 on three-pointers and scored 27 points while Thompson was seven for nine from behind the arc and had 21 points. The Warriors shot 19 of 42 overall from three-point range while the Magic went seven for 28.

at Minnesota 111, Denver 108: Karl-Anthony Towns had 32 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists and hit the go-ahead shot with 42.5 seconds to play to lead Minnesota over Denver.

Towns hit 13 of 19 shots and also had four blocks and Andrew Wiggins scored 24 points in Minnesota’s fourth straight home win. Shabazz Muhammad scored 20 points off the bench and the Wolves rallied from nine points down midway through the fourth quarter for the win.

Gary Harris scored 22 points and Nikola Jokic had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Nuggets on the second night of a back-to-back. Wilson Chandler and Jamal Murray added 17 points each for Denver, which played without Emmanuel Mudiay because of a sore back.

Kris Dunn had 10 points and nine assists for the Wolves while starting for Ricky Rubio, who missed the game to attend his grandmother’s funeral.

Phoenix 115, at Toronto 103: Eric Bledsoe scored a career-high 40 points and had 13 assists as the Suns handed the Raptors their third consecutive loss.

Bledsoe was 11 of 17 from the floor, including four of seven from three-point range, and Devin Booker added 20 points as the Suns won their second straight road game following Saturday’s win at New York. The victory also completed a season sweep of the Raptors for the first time since 2013-14 and improved Phoenix to 11-6 against Eastern Conference teams this season.

DeMar DeRozan had 22 points for Toronto and Jonas Valanciunas added 16 points and 12 rebounds for his 17th double-double of the season. It’s the first time the Raptors have lost three straight since Nov. 6-10, 2015.