Stephen Curry scored 46 points, nearly half of them in a pivotal run in the third quarter, to help the visiting Golden State Warriors earn a 125-120 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday in the first of two games between the teams in three days in the Alamo City.

The squads will battle again on Friday in an NBA Cup clash.

The Spurs led by as many as 16 points in the first half and by seven at the break before Golden State leapfrogged to the lead with a dominating third quarter in which Curry scored 22 of the Warriors' 43 points.

Golden State took a 92-84 lead into the final period and never let the Spurs grab the reins again. San Antonio pulled to within a point on a De'Aaron Fox layup with 10:10 to play, but the Warriors pulled away behind the duo of Jimmy Butler III and Curry, w

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