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First, 24 hours after beating the mid-leading of Utah Jazz, a tired Steph Curry did not erupt

for another 30-point game Tuesday, and Golden State felt behind by as many as 16 points before

rallying to beat the Phoenix Suns 122 to 116 at Chase Center that this was not

a game the Warriors would have won earlier in the season.

Steve Kerr said it.

Jemong Green said it.

But with a week to go until the playoffs, Golden State is peaking at the right time.

For so much of this season, it has been Steph Curry,

shouldering the load on offense.

But on Tuesday, in his first game in more than two weeks,

in which he failed to score 30 or more points,

it was his teammates who stepped up.

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