Gui Santos

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Stephen Curry scored 27 points, Moses Moody had 26 and the Golden State Warriors beat the Utah Jazz 140-124 on Wednesday night.Gui Santos had 16 points off the bench for the Warriors. Golden State made 23 3-pointers and never trailed over the final three quarters. Moody led the way with five 3s.Brice Sensabaugh scored 22 points off the bench for Utah. Keyonte George had 19 points and seven assists. Ace Bailey also scored 19 points for the Jazz and Lauri Markkanen had 18.Utah trimmed a 22-point deficit to single digits entering the fourth quarter. The Jazz drew to 108-100 on a pair of free throws from Isaiah Collier with 9:52 left. Curry made back-to-back baskets to restore a double-digit lead.Golden State used a 20-2 run to go up 136-109 with 3:29 left.Golden State made it rain from the perimeter early, going 15 of 31 from long distance before halftime. Eight different players made an outside basket for the Warriors in the first half. Buddy Hield and Moody accounted for three apiece before halftime.Hield buried back-to-back 3s a minute into the second quarter to cap a 19-8 run that gave Golden State a 40-24 lead. The Warriors built a 16-point lead three other times in the second quarter the final time when Quinten Post made a 3-pointer to make it 64-48.Golden State expanded its lead to 22 points in the third quarter, going up 91-69 on a pair of free throws from Curry. Up Next Warriors: Host Detroit on Saturday night.Jazz: Host Brooklyn on Saturday night.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba

Curry, Green and Horford are back after sitting out Monday's loss to the Timberwolves. Their returns to the starting lineup push Pat Spencer, Gui Santos and Quinten Post to the bench. Of the three headed back to the bench, Post offers the most fantasy potential.

Of the eight Warriors who finished Wednesday's victory in double figures, five were reserves. That includes Santos, whose 16 points were three shy of his career-high. And while Golden State did lead by as much as 27, his production can't be credited solely to the game getting out of hand. There's no need to add Santos after Wednesday's performance, but this may inspire some confidence among deep-league managers the next time that Golden State is shorthanded.

Green was one of the Warriors regulars that sat out on Monday, which was the second night of a back-to-back. He is expected to return, which will push Gui Santos back to the bench.

Santos got the start for a depleted Warriors team on Monday and was one of their most productive players. In his 26 minutes, he crashed the glass hard to reach double figures in rebounds, and was the only Warriors player to notch at least one block and steal apiece. Inefficient shooting, especially from beyond the arc, prevented his scoring total from being higher. Yet, he made it out of single digits and tallied his first double-double of the season.