Steph Curry scored 39 points in his return to the Golden State Warriors lineup on Friday.
The pregame narrative: Despite the loss, it was a vintage performance from Curry, who's averaging close to 30 points per game when healthy. He looks to stay red-hot against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night.
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Warriors vs. Trail Blazers SGP
Parlay: Warriors ML | Curry over 28.5 points | Sharpe 20+ points (+360)
Warriors moneyline (-177): The Warriors got Curry back on Friday, but that wasn't enough to overcome their road woes.
They lost by seven to the Minnesota Timberwolves and now sit at 6-9 away from home.
The nice part about this matchup is that Portland is one of the worst home teams in the NBA. They are 3-6 at Moda Center.
On top of that, the Trail Blazers are on a three-game losing streak ahead of Sunday's contest.
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That includes losing to the 4-22 New Orleans Pelicans by 23 points on Thursday night.
Nothing is going well for the Blazers, who have a lengthy injury report right now.
Portland once looked destined for the playoffs, but it has lost 12 of the past 14 games.
Now that the Warriors are at full strength, they should be able to grab their first win in this season series after dropping the first two.
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Curry over 28.5 points (-115): Curry picked up right where he left off in his return to the Warriors on Friday.
He has now scored 30+ points in six of the past eight games.
Overall, he's averaging 28.5 points while hitting 39.1% of his 3-point attempts. Considering he takes 12.2 3s per game, his scoring floor is extremely high.
And believe it or not, he's been firing with even more volume recently. Curry has taken 15 or more threes in six of his last eight games.
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That's an astronomical amount of long-range attempts for the best shooter ever to play the sport.
As for the matchup, the Blazers allow the fourth-most points per game to opposing point guards (27.84), per Fantasy Pros.
Sharpe 20+ points (-167): The Canadian is one of the more underrated scorers in the NBA.
He is averaging 21.1 points and is 10-5 against this line since the start of November.
Sharpe doesn't have the best efficiency (44.4 FG%), but his volume makes up for it. He takes over 17 shots per night, and six of those are 3-point attempts.
This game has a high total (236.5), meaning there should be a lot of scoring in this game. That provides a great opportunity for Sharpe to go off.
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The athletic guard scores over 75% of his points on drives to the basket, and Golden State lacks an elite rim protector.
Draymond Green (6-foot-6) is the Warriors' best centre, and he is undersized. He's an amazing defender, but not because of his shot-blocking ability.
The paint should open for Sharpe to exploit.
Warriors vs. Trail Blazers SGP made at 9:37 a.m. ET on Dec. 14, 2025.
