‘Curry scores 24’ as Golden State wins fourth straight…Cleveland leads East with seven straight wins

Steph Curry scored 24 points in his return from an ankle injury to lead the National Basketball Association (NBA) Golden State Warriors to their fourth straight victory.

The Warriors defeated the Washington Wizards 125-112 on Friday (Jan. 5) at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., in a 2024-2025 NBA regular-season road game. With their fourth straight win, the Warriors moved into second place in the Western Conference.

Warriors star Curry, who has been sidelined with an ankle injury for about a week since the Los Angeles Clippers on Dec. 28, paced the Warriors with 24 points and six assists, 무료 토토사이트 including four 3-pointers.

Golden State jumped out to an early lead on Curry’s three-pointer and never trailed.

Curry scored 15 points in the third quarter alone to give the Warriors a 17-point lead at halftime with Golden State leading 54-45.

Golden State’s Buddy Hield scored 20 points and Draymond Green added 18 points and eight rebounds.

For Washington, Jordan Poole scored 24 points and Keyshawn George chipped in with 20 points, including six 3-pointers.

The Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers extended their winning streak to seven games to open the season with a 116-114 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, who lost Yanis Adetokunbo to a right adductor muscle injury.

Trailing 89-91 entering the final quarter, Cleveland quickly turned the tide with 10 straight points from Deron Garland and Evan Mobley with 5:51 left in regulation.

After Milwaukee regained the lead on a Damian Lillard three-pointer, Galland answered with a three-pointer of his own to make it 113-111 with 45 seconds left in regulation.

The Cavs held the lead the rest of the way to extend their unbeaten streak to seven games.

For Cleveland, Galland finished with 39 points, including 7-of-8 from 3-point range, while Mobley added 17 points and Jarrett Allen had 14 points and 15 rebounds.

For Milwaukee, Damian Lillard pitched in with 36 points, including five 3-pointers, and seven assists, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the team’s sixth straight loss.

Milwaukee (1-6), which finished third in the East last season, is in last place early this season.

The Denver Nuggets, led by Nikola Jokic’s third triple-double of the season (28 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists), defeated the 13th-ranked Toronto Raptors 121-119 to move into ninth place in the West.

The 10th-ranked San Antonio Spurs, who were without the NBA’s winningest coach Gregg Popovich due to a health scare, were upset by the fifth-ranked Los Angeles Clippers, 104-113, in the West.