Stephen Curry scores 34 points as Warriors hold off Suns 116-113 in testy game with three technicals

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry had 34 points, seven assists and six rebounds, Charles Bassey scored a career-best 19 points to go with eight rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors held off the Phoenix Suns 116-113 in a testy matchup Monday night featuring three technicals and Draymond Green's ejection.

Curry made 11 of 12 free throws, missing his final attempt with five seconds left. He made his initial 51 of the season.

Devin Booker had 26 points and five assists for the Suns before fouling out with 58 seconds left.

Green was ejected two minutes into the third quarter for consecutive technical fouls. Khaman Maluach had pushed Green to the ground in the paint moments earlier and the Golden State star jumped up from beneath and wrapped his arms around the Suns center and threw him to the floor. Dillon Brooks immediately sprinted in to enter the fray and approached Green, and they pushed and shoved. Green put his hand on Brooks’ neck, and both received technicals.

Tempers flared again with 7:26 remaining in the game as players put their hands on each other, separated by security personnel. Miles Bridges received a technical as “a physical escalator” when he ran to the baseline area and shoved Bassey after Bassey kept his arms wrapped around Jalen Green’s head when they fought for a rebound beneath the basket.

Brandin Podziemski added 20 points in the Warriors' fifth straight win after an 0-3 start, as Golden State reached the midway point in its six-game homestand.

Bridges added 21 points and Brooks contributed 18 points, eight rebounds and four assists.

After Booker's jumper put Phoenix ahead 55-39 with 3:47 left in the second quarter, the Warriors responded with a 12-0 burst and trailed 57-51 at intermission.

Golden State used its seventh different starting lineup in eight games, with Will Richard making his second start of the season.

Yaxel Lendeborg followed up his career-high 37 points from a night earlier in a 124-112 win against the Clippers with 16 points, five assists and five rebounds. Curry and Green had both rested Sunday.

Suns: Host Portland on Wednesday night.

Warriors: Host Miami on Thursday night.

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Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (15) drives to the basket against Golden State Warriors guard De'Anthony Melton (8) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II, left, and Phoenix Suns guard Jalen Green fight for the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks (3) shoots over Golden State Warriors forward Yaxel Lendeborg, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Phoenix Suns guard Jalen Green (4) attempts to pass the ball against Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski, center right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Phoenix Suns guard Jalen Green, right, receives a pass in front of Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II (0) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

TOKYO & DARMSTADT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 3, 2026--

Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd. ("KF"), a company that develops and integrates the plant engineering technologies essential to fusion energy, and Focused Energy GmbH ("FE"), a developer of laser-driven inertial fusion energy, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation between the Japanese and German fusion industries.

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A commercial fusion power plant needs more than a working fusion reaction. It also needs systems that supply and recover fuel, breed tritium, extract heat, and keep the plant operating safely over time. FE is pursuing the industrialization of laser fusion, from scalable target production to integrated power plant design. KF brings the engineering of the systems that turn a fusion reaction into a power plant, including the fuel cycle, breeding blankets, plasma heating systems, plasma-facing components and system integration.

Under the MoU, Focused Energy and KF, including its German subsidiary Kyoto Fusioneering Europe GmbH (KFEU) based in Karlsruhe, intend to explore cooperation in the following areas:

"Building a laser fusion power plant is a global effort. Kyoto Fusioneering's experience in fuel-cycle, tritium handling and blanket engineering complements our work on laser fusion, and this partnership marks an important step for fusion cooperation between Germany and Japan. Strategic partnerships and relentless execution will turn fusion from scientific breakthrough into industrial reality." – Thomas Forner, CEO, Focused Energy

"Fusion energy will become reality only when the technologies around the fusion reaction work together as one power plant. We are proud to support Focused Energy's path to laser fusion with our engineering, and through KFEU, to contribute to Germany's fusion ecosystem. This MoU is a commitment to the shared future of fusion energy in Japan and Germany." – Kiyoshi Seko, Representative Director, President & COO, Kyoto Fusioneering

About Focused Energy

Focused Energy is a German-American fusion company headquartered in Darmstadt, with offices in Berlin, Austin and San Francisco. Founded in 2021 out of the TU Darmstadt ecosystem, the company employs around 200 leading scientists and engineers from more than 30 nations.

Its goal is to advance fusion technology from research to industrial application and, together with partners from industry and academia, build the world’s first laser fusion power plant in Biblis by the mid-2030s.

As the world’s leading laser fusion company, Focused Energy pursues a consistently industry-oriented approach: building on decades of international fusion research and the technological expertise of its founders, the company combines scientific excellence with the speed and scalability of a privately financed high-tech company.

Fusion is a future-oriented technology with significant potential to create new value structures and enable a climate-neutral, safe, reliable and affordable energy supply. In fusion, hydrogen nuclei combine at extremely high temperatures to form helium. This releases enormous amounts of energy: one gram of fusion fuel provides an amount of energy comparable to around eleven tons of coal

About Kyoto Fusioneering

Kyoto Fusioneering is the world’s premier fusion technology and integrated systems developer. It delivers plasma heating, tritium fuel cycle, and tritium breeding blanket and thermal cycle systems that advanced fusion programs worldwide depend on, regardless of confinement approach. KF operates globally across Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. Visit us at kyotofusioneering.com.

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