NBA Golden State upsets Warriors for fifth straight win
NBA Golden State upsets Warriors for fifth straight win
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The National Basketball Association's (NBA) Golden State Warriors completed their fifth straight victory with a thrilling come-from-behind victory, led by a 27-point, nine-assist performance from star Steph Curry.
The Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics 118-112 on Sunday at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in a 2024-2025 NBA regular-season road game.
Riding a five-game winning streak, Golden State (7-1) moved into third place in the Western Conference.
Boston, last season's champions, fell back in the race. It retained second place in the East.
Golden State's Curry scored 10 points in the fourth quarter alone to lead his team to victory.
The Warriors entered the final quarter with a one-point lead, but back-to-back dunks by Boston's Nemias Keta and a missed three-pointer by Derrick White cut the deficit to seven midway through the quarter.
In the clutch, 메이저사이트 Curry made all three of his free throws and then hit a 3-pointer to swing the momentum back in Golden State's favor.
Curry made it 100-99 with a deft under-the-basket score off a pass from Draymond Green with 3:27 left in regulation, then fed Buddy Hield from the outside to give his team a seven-point lead with 47 seconds left in regulation.
Golden State put the game out of reach on Green's free throws with 11 seconds left and Kyle Anderson's basket with two seconds left.
Curry, who finished with 27 points, nine assists, seven rebounds and four steals, was all over the place.
Hield had 16 points and six rebounds, including four 3-pointers, and Andrew Wiggins added 16 points.
Boston's Jayson Tatum scored 32 points, including five 3-pointers, and White exploded for 26 points on seven 3-pointers, but the Celtics hung their heads in defeat.
The Denver Nuggets snapped an opening seven-game winning streak with a 124-122 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Denver (5-3) moved into sixth place in the Western Conference.
Oklahoma City (7-1), which saw its unbeaten streak come to an end, dropped to second place behind the Phoenix Suns (7-1), who have won six straight.
Early in the final quarter, with the teams tied 95-95, Denver scored seven straight points to put Oklahoma City in a hole.
The Nuggets fought back with back-to-back free throws by Michael Porter Jr. with 5:08 left and Christian Brown with 4:29 left, and Nikola Jokic's free throw with 27 seconds left sealed the win.
Jokic, the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) last season, recorded his fourth triple-double of the season with 23 points, 20 rebounds and 16 assists.
Denver had an evenly matched performance with four starters scoring 20 or more points, led by Russell Westbrook (29 points), Porter Jr. (24 points, seven rebounds) and Brown (24 points, eight rebounds).
Oklahoma City's Jaylen Williams chipped in with 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 28 points and six assists but committed eight turnovers.
The Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers, paced by ace Donovan Mitchell's 29 points, beat the New Orleans Pelicans 131-122 to win their opening nine games for the first time in franchise history.
Cleveland's Jarrett Allen added 16 points and 14 rebounds, while Evan Mobley chipped in with 15 points and nine rebounds.
New Orleans' Zion Williamson chipped in with 29 points and eight rebounds.