Curry becomes 5th Warrior with 15,000 points

(AP):

Stephen Curry missed his first three tries from deep, got a little frustrated and forgot about the 10 points he needed for another major milestone.

Curry had 20 points and seven rebounds while adding another accomplishment to his long list, leading the Golden State Warriors past the Memphis Grizzlies 110-93 on Monday night.

Curry became just the fifth player in Warriors history to score 15,000 points during the regular season joining the company of Wilt Chamberlain, Rick Barry, Paul Arizin and Chris Mullin.

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"It was a pretty cool moment, again just reflecting on the entire 91/2 years and more to come," Curry said. "Definitely appreciative of the opportunity, the milestone, hopefully a lot more to come."

Kevin Durant scored 23 points to go with five assists and passed Larry Bird (21,791) for 33rd place on the NBA's all-time scoring list. Klay Thompson contributed 16 points with five rebounds.

Golden State led by as many as 25 points in the second quarter in quickly turning the game into a rout. That allowed coach Steve Kerr to rest many of his regulars as the Warriors began a busy stretch with eight games before the end of the year, including Christmas night at home against LeBron James and the Lakers.

Marc Gasol had 15 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Grizzlies, who lost their third straight and fifth in six. This marked Memphis' final visit to Oracle Arena before the Warriors move to new Chase Centre in San Francisco next season. Omri Casspi added a season-high 20 points against his former team.

Gasol said the Grizzlies must talk as a team about ways to be better.

"There's a few things that we need to do more of that we are doing well, and things that we're not doing so well, do a little less," he said.