On Monday night, the Golden State Warriors overcame a slow start to defeat the Brooklyn Nets 109-98. Stephen Curry scored 29 points, while Jonathan Kuminga added 28.

The Warriors appeared to have lost their zest when the game began, having lost in overtime in Atlanta on Saturday despite scoring 60 points and 10 3-pointers from Curry. Golden State was restricted to 43 points in the first half and went only 2 for 11 on 3-pointers. They also had 10 turnovers, which resulted in 15 points.

Even though they were only 4 for 22 from beyond the arc during the game, with all of Curry’s baskets, they outscored the Nets 66-49 in the second half.

Kuminga reached 20 points for the seventh time in his previous ten games while also grabbing ten rebounds.

Cam Thomas led the Nets, who had won three straight, with 18 points, although he only shot 4 of 21. In a December loss in San Francisco, Thomas scored 41 points, the most the Warriors have let up this year.

Before being dismissed in the fourth quarter for a flagrant foul against Brandin Podziemski, who finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds, Nic Claxton added 15 points and a career-high seven blocked shots.

at their last three games, the Nets have scored 147 against Utah on January 29 and 136 at Philadelphia on Saturday, respectively, in their two highest-scoring regulation games. However, they did not even come close to that level on Monday, shooting 38% and suffering from bad nights from Spencer Dinwiddie (3 for 12) and Mikal Bridges (5 for 15), their top scorers.

Ben Simmons, who missed the first two games of a back-to-back, did not play for the Nets. He is expected to participate on Tuesday when the Nets welcome Dallas in Kyrie Irving’s return to Brooklyn.

Despite shooting 3 for 16 from three in the opening quarter, the Nets led 23-20, mostly because of 12 points from seven mistakes committed by the Warriors. It took Golden State over half of the second quarter to get to 30 points, and it took until 4:29 of the half for Curry to make his 3,600th career 3-pointer.

Brooklyn led 49-43 at the half, but Golden State’s opening two possessions in the third quarter saw two dunks from Kuminga, which appeared to loosen up the Warriors. As a result, the Warriors outscored the Nets 32-21 to take a 75-70 advantage into the fourth quarter.

After Kuminga scored the first three points of the fourth quarter, Klay Thompson’s jumper made it 80-70. With 3:06 remaining, Brooklyn narrowed the lead to four points, but Kuminga scored the next four and Curry scored the next five for Golden State, making the final score 105-94.

Andrew Wiggins was out by the Warriors due to left ankle pain, but Moses Moody returned following nine games missed due to a strained left calf.