Stephen Curry carried the Golden State Warriors to a series-clinching Game 7 win against the Sacramento Kings on Sunday. The star player also broke Kevin Durant’s record for the most points in Game 7 history. Durant’s record is 48 for the Nets against Milwaukee in 2021.

Curry reached 50 points in his 38 minutes of game time. The Warriors won 120-100.

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Before this, Curry’s playoff high was 47 points vs the Toronto Raptors in the 2019 NBA Finals, Game 3. His highest score in a game is 62.

The Warriors fell behind 2-0 in the series then won twice on the way to becoming the first reigning champion to drop the first two games and win any postseason series.

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Now, the Golden State Warriors will face LeBron James and Los Angeles in the Western Conference semifinals on Tuesday night at Chase Center.

Sacramento’s special comeback season is over long before they had planned. After breaking a 16-year playoff drought, the longest in NBA history, playoff-starved Sacramento gained a number 3 seed but missed advancing to the second round for the first time since 2004.

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Curry scored 20 of 38 with seven 3s and delivered after almost every big play by Sacramento as Splash Brother Klay Thompson struggled on both ends again.

Despite Malik Monk’s putback and three-point play with 14.6 seconds left in the third, Thompson hit a long three and converted a four-point play to make it 91-81.

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Early on, Sacramento scored through a beautiful combination of give-and-goes and long jumpers. During Curry’s brilliant series on the boards, Looney kept creating second and third opportunities. In the fourth quarter, Curry fired from way back with precision and performed jaw-dropping acrobatics to send Kings fans to the exits.