Stephen Curry scores 56 points and makes 12 3-pointers in Warriors' 121-115 win over Magic

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Stephen Curry scored a season-high 56 points, making 12 3-pointers and outscoring Orlando by himself in the third quarter of another astounding performance, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 121-115 victory over the Magic on Thursday night.

Curry was 12 for 19 behind the arc in his NBA-record 26th career game with 10 or more 3-pointers. He was 16 of 25 overall and made all 12 of his free throws in Golden State's fifth straight victory.

Paolo Banchero scored 41 points for the Magic and Franz Wagner added 27.

Curry had 22 points in the third quarter, in which Golden State turned a 14-point deficit into a five-point lead. Orlando managed 21 points in the period.

Quinten Post came off the Golden State bench with 18 points and five rebounds, including 10 straight Warrior points in the second period. Draymond Green had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

With Curry on the bench, the Warriors held the Magic scoreless for the first 3:08 of the fourth quarter, stretching a five-point lead to 12.

Warriors: It was the Warriors’ seventh win in eight games since acquiring Jimmy Butler in a trade on Feb. 6. Butler had five points on 1-of-7 shooting with seven assists in 32 minutes.

Magic: Eighteen Magic turnovers, many of them unforced, kept the Warriors in the game in the first half despite 64% Orlando shooting. It was the Magic's 14th loss in 20 games.

Curry ended the first half with a shot from well beyond halfcourt to keep the Warriors within 14 at 66-52, then opened the second half with another 3-pointer.

Curry's career scoring high is 62 points, set on Jan. 3, 2021, against Portland. His career high for 3-pointers in a game is 13.

The Warriors visit Philadelphia on Saturday. Orlando hosts Toronto on Sunday.

Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac (1) loses control of the ball as his path to the basket is blocked by Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, left, and forward Gui Santos (15) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski (2) works to get around Orlando Magic guard Cole Anthony, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) pulls up for a shot as Orlando Magic guard Anthony Black (0) tries to defend during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner (22) drives past Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) flexes after making a shot and drawing a foul during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Orlando Magic, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) drives past Orlando Magic guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (3) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian legislation banning the availability of LGBTQ+ content to minors violates European Union law and breaches a foundational treaty guaranteeing respect for human rights and equality, the bloc’s court ruled Tuesday.

The European Court of Justice said that Hungary's legislation, adopted in 2021 by the nationalist-populist government of outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, “stigmatizes and marginalizes" LGBTQ+ persons, and fails to uphold the EU's prohibition of discrimination based on sex or sexual orientation.

Hungary’s law, which was widely criticized by human rights groups, prohibited the display of content to minors that depicts homosexuality or gender change, while also providing harsher penalties for crimes of pedophilia.

The government argued its policies, including a more recent law and constitutional amendment that effectively banned the popular Budapest Pride event, sought to protect children from what it calls “sexual propaganda.”

But critics of the legislation have compared it to Russia’s gay propaganda law of 2013, and say it conflates homosexuality with pedophilia. Last year, over 100,000 people took part in a Budapest Pride march in defiance of the government's ban.

In its ruling, the Luxembourg-based court found that, for the first time in an action brought against one of the EU's 27 member states, Hungary had violated Article 2 of the bloc's foundational treaty, which defines “the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities.”

It also found that the law breached rules relating to services in the EU's internal market, as well as data protection laws.

Orbán's government was defeated in a landslide election on April 12 by the center-right Tisza party and its leader, Péter Magyar, bringing an end to Orbán's 16 years in power.

Magyar's government is expected to take office in mid-May, and has pledged to pursue a more constructive approach to its relationship with the EU.

During his election campaign, Magyar was cautious about engaging in Orbán's culture-war debate over LGBTQ+ rights. But in his April 12 victory speech, he said Hungary would become a country “where no one is stigmatized for loving someone differently than the majority.”

FILE - Participants in the Pride march cross the Elisabeth Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Rudolf Karancsi, File)