Stephen Curry extended the game with a late 3-pointer, then teamed with Al Horford and Jimmy Butler III to connect from beyond the arc in overtime, allowing the Golden State Warriors to overcome Aaron Gordon’s career performance on Thursday night in a 137-131 win over the Denver Nuggets in San Francisco.

Playing two days after opening the season with a road win over the Los Angeles Lakers, the Warriors trailed 125-123 in the extra session before going on a 12-2 run ignited by a Horford 3-pointer and capped by Curry’s layup with 23.9 seconds left.

Curry finished with a team-high 42 points, eight shy of Gordon’s career-best 50, which were mostly the product of 10-for-11 accuracy on 3-pointers.

Nikola Jokic complemented Gordon with his third straight triple-double in an opener, registering

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