CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Hornets were set to take on the Golden State Warriors in non-conference action at the Spectrum Center at 7 p.m. Saturday, but the game went well past regulation and into overtime. In the end, the Hornets buzzed to a 120-113 win in their home nest. P.J. Washington scored 31 points, Gordon Hayward added 23 and the Charlotte Hornets once again spoiled Stephen Curry’s annual homecoming game .
The matchup was the first of the season between the teams. Charlotte is now 1-1 at home, and Golden State is 0-2 on the road.
Kelly Oubre Jr added 18 points as the Hornets beat the Warriors for the fourth straight year at the Spectrum Center in Curry’s hometown despite playing without their starting backcourt of LaMelo Ball and Terry Rozier.
Curry scored 31 points and had 11 rebounds to pace the Warriors, but missed a tightly contested 3-pointer at the end of regulation that would have won the game. He also air-balled a 3 in overtime and finished 3 of 13 from beyond the arc.
Jordan Poole had 24 points off the bench for the Warriors.
In the extra period, Jalen McDaniels knocked down a momentum-turning 3-pointer from the left wing and Dennis Smith Jr. scored on a drive to the hole to give the Hornets the lead for good at 116-111.
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Curry made two free throws but Washington scored again inside, muscling a shot up and in to push the lead back to five. Washington had six points in the overtime period.
Smith finished with 13 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for Charlotte.
The Warriors have not beaten the Hornets in Charlotte since Feb. 25, 2019.
Charlotte led by 14 in the third quarter after holding Klay Thompson and Curry to 0-for-9 shooting from 3-point range. But Curry and Thompson knocked down 3s on back-to-back possessions to spark the Warriors, who briefly took the lead.
But the Hornets, playing on a second night of a back-to-back, would push the lead to six in the fourth quarter behind Washington and Oubre, who blew a kiss at the Warriors bench after sinking a big 3.
The Hornets had built 62-50 halftime lead behind 15 points each from Hayward and Washington and some terrific hustle from Mason Plumlee, who had nine rebounds and six assists before the break.
The Warriors were just 13 of 44 from 3-point range and were outrebounded 54-50.
Last night, Paolo Banchero had 21 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, and the Orlando Magic beat the Charlotte Hornets 113-93 Friday night for their first victory of the season.
Mo Bamba had 19 points and six rebounds, Wendell Carter Jr. added 15 points and five rebounds, and Bol Bol had 11 points and seven rebounds for Orlando, which had opened the season with five straight losses. The Magic led by 32 points in the third quarter.
Gordon Hayward scored 18 points to lead Charlotte, which shot 38.4 percent in losing for the third time in five games.
Guard Terry Rozier missed a third game with a sprained right ankle. ... The Hornets, who came into the game leading the NBA in scoring and 3-point shooting, made only 4 of 18 from behind the arc in the first half and finished the game 11 for 38.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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