Stephen Curry Scores 41 Against Orlando, Sets the 35-and-Older Regular-Season 40-Point Record
Stephen Curry scored 36 points in regulation and five in overtime as Golden State beat Orlando 126-119, recording his 16th regular-season 40-point game since turning 35, according to AP.
Stephen Curry Scores 41 Against Orlando, Sets the 35-and-Older Regular-Season 40-Point Record
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Stephen Curry scored 41 points on 13-of-19 shooting, 5 of 10 from three and 10 of 10 at the line, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Orlando Magic 126-119 in overtime on Saturday night at Chase Center, per the NBA.com box score. It was his 16th regular-season 40-point game since turning 35, the most in NBA history, per the Associated Press, which listed LeBron James with 15 and Michael Jordan with 12.
Ten days ago Curry tied James with 44 at Minnesota, a night covered here. Saturday he took the record alone, at 38, in his 18th season. The AP also reported, citing Elias, that he became the seventh player ever with 26,000 points, 5,000 rebounds and 6,000 assists.
Golden State has won seven straight after an 0-3 start and sits at 7-3. The AP said it is the team's longest winning streak since a seven-game run from March 3-15, 2025.
Twelve straight, then five more
The record came out of a game Golden State nearly gave away. The Warriors led 57-41 at halftime. Orlando won the third quarter 37-20 and led 78-77 going into the fourth.
From a 98-98 tie, the play-by-play on CBS Sports shows Curry scoring every one of Golden State's last 12 points of regulation. He hit a cutting finger roll with 2:21 left, threes at 1:47 and 1:01, two free throws at 0:37 and a go-ahead layup with 25.2 seconds left. Jamal Cain's putback with 2 seconds left, on Orlando's third try at the rim, sent it to overtime.
Curry had 36 at the end of regulation, per Sports Illustrated. In overtime he added five more. A three-point play with 1:38 left put Golden State ahead 120-118. Wendell Carter Jr. then missed two free throws with 1:15 left that would have tied it, and Curry's running layup with 54 seconds left made it 122-118 and pushed him past 40. SI reported he played a season-high 36 minutes.
Nineteen shots
Curry needed only 19 shots to get there. By The Dyme's count, using the box-score line, that works out to a true shooting percentage of about 87.6 percent: 41 / [2 × (19 + 0.44 × 10)], using his 41 points, 19 field-goal tries and 10 free throws.
That mattered because Orlando kept getting extra possessions. The Magic took 113 shots to Golden State's 80, and they had 24 offensive rebounds to the Warriors' three, per the box. Orlando made 43 shots. So did Golden State. The Magic shot 38.1 percent, and the Warriors shot 53.8 percent. Curry was the best shooter on the floor in a game where the other team got 33 more shots.
The Warriors committed 19 total turnovers (18 player turnovers and one team turnover) to Orlando’s 14. Golden State matched Orlando’s 43 field goals on 33 fewer attempts. By our count, Golden State gained six points from baskets inside the arc and ten at the line. Orlando gained nine from threes, leaving the Warriors ahead by seven.
The help
Yaxel Lendeborg, the rookie, scored 23 with eight rebounds. His pull-up three with 3:26 left in overtime restored a five-point lead. Brandin Podziemski scored 15 on 5-of-7 shooting, including 4 of 5 from three. Draymond Green scored two points and had a season-high 13 assists, per the AP.
Georges Niang added 11 off the bench on 3-of-3 from deep. He and Carter got double technicals in the second quarter after a tangle in the paint.
Orlando's chase
Franz Wagner had 30 points and 11 assists. Tristan da Silva scored 19 but went 7 of 21. Carter had 19 and 11. Cain had 18 and 12 off the bench. Jase Richardson went 1 of 13. The Magic fell to 2-7, and the AP noted they have lost four straight on Golden State's home floor.
Orlando played without Paolo Banchero, Jalen Suggs and Jonathan Isaac, while Golden State was without Jimmy Butler III, Moses Moody and Kristaps Porzingis, per ESPN’s injury listing.
The Warriors host Charlotte on Monday. The Magic visit Sacramento on Tuesday. Curry now has two 40-point games this season and four games of 30 or more in his last five, per the AP. The age-35 list is his, and he is still adding to it.
Sources:
- NBA.com: Magic at Warriors box score, Nov. 7, 2026
- AP: Stephen Curry scores 41 points as Warriors win seventh straight, beating Magic 126-119 in overtime
- Sports Illustrated: Steph Curry breaks LeBron James record in Warriors' win over Magic
- CBS Sports: Magic at Warriors gametracker and play-by-play
- ESPN: Magic at Warriors game page (AP recap)
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