Steph’s 3-pointer streak ends after 268 games

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Stephen Curry‘s 3-pointer streak ended at 268 consecutive games as the Golden State Warriors held off the Portland Trail Blazers 118-114 on Sunday.

Curry was 0-for-8 from 3-point range, 2-for-12 overall and scored seven points. He began the streak Dec. 1, 2018, at Detroit; it is the longest in NBA history.

Klay Thompson scored 28 points in the Warriors’ second straight victory.

Andrew Wiggins, who was recently taken out of Golden State’s starting lineup, had 25 points and seven rebounds. Rookie Trayce Jackson-Davis had 14 points and eight rebounds to help the Warriors win consecutive games for the first time since the end of a five-game winning streak in early November.

Jerami Grant led Portland with 30 points. Anfernee Simons contributed 24 points.

Portland cut it to 113-111 with 39 seconds left. Chris Paul‘s jumper with 20.9 seconds left pushed the Warriors’ lead to 115-111, and Simon’s three-point play made it 115-114 with 14.7 seconds to go.

After Curry split a pair of free throws to make it 116-114, Portland’s Shaedon Sharpe was called for an offensive foul with 0.6 seconds left.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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