Stephen Curry scored 15 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter and the Golden State Warriors won a second consecutive game for the first time this season, rallying for a 106-101 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday in San Francisco.

During the final two minutes, Curry scored 10 straight Golden State points over a 65-second span as the Warriors notched their 11th consecutive regular-season victory over the Cavaliers.

Andrew Wiggins scored 20 points and Jordan Poole added 18 for the defending NBA champion Warriors.

Donovan Mitchell registered 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists but couldn’t prevent Cleveland from losing its third straight game. Evan Mobley contributed 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Darius Garland added 15 points and eight assists.

Celtics 131, Nuggets 112

Jayson Tatum had 34 points and eight rebounds, Jaylen Brown scored 25 points and added eight assists as host Boston beat Denver.

Al Horford had 21 points, Grant Williams added 13 and Derrick White finished with 10 for Boston, which has won five straight.

Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 29 points, Aaron Gordon had 17, and Bruce Brown had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Denver played without Bones Hyland, who was out due to health and safety protocols.

Knicks 121, Pistons 112

RJ Barrett had a season-high 30 points as New York defeated visiting Detroit.

Jalen Brunson supplied 26 points, seven assists and four steals as the Knicks bounced back from a poor outing against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday. Julius Randle contributed 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists.

Bojan Bogdanovic led eight Pistons in double figures with 25 points. Alec Burks, making his season and Detroit debut, tossed in 17 points off the bench. Burks was traded by the Knicks in a draft-night deal.

Magic 114, Suns 97

Wendell Carter Jr. collected 20 points and 10 rebounds to lift host Orlando to victory over Phoenix.

Franz Wagner scored 17 points, Jalen Suggs had 16 and Terrence Ross added 14 points off the bench to fuel the Magic to their second straight win after losing nine of their previous 11 games. Bol Bol had 13 points and a career-high 15 rebounds.

Phoenix’s Cameron Payne scored 22 points while making his second straight start in place of the injured Chris Paul. Devin Booker collected 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists and Deandre Ayton had 14 points for the Suns, who have lost three of their past five games.

Kings 120, Lakers 114

De’Aaron Fox had 32 points and a season-high 12 assists as visiting Sacramento scored the game’s final eight points and extended Los Angeles’ losing streak to five games.

Domantas Sabonis had 21 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, while Kevin Huerter added 16 points for Sacramento, which has won five of its past seven games.

Anthony Davis led the Lakers with 24 points and 14 rebounds, while Russell Westbrook tallied 21 points and 11 assists. Los Angeles played without star LeBron James, who is listed as day-to-day with a strained left adductor.

Thunder 132, Raptors 113

Eugene Omoruyi scored a career-high 22 points as Oklahoma City finished with eight players in double figures for the first time in franchise history in a win over visiting Toronto.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 points, Aaron Wiggins added 17, and Josh Giddey had 15 points and nine rebounds to help the Thunder end a four-game losing streak.

Chris Boucher led Toronto with 20 points and a season-high 12 rebounds, while Fred VanVleet and Scottie Barnes had 15 points apiece. The Raptors have lost five of their first seven road games this season.

Spurs 111, Bucks 93

Keldon Johnson poured in 29 points as host San Antonio used a torrid early-fourth-quarter run to wrap up a win over short-handed Milwaukee and snap a five-game losing streak.

The Spurs led by seven points heading into the final quarter and put the game out of reach via a 16-5 run to push their lead to 99-81. Devin Vassell added 22 points while Jakob Poeltl racked up 15 points and 10 rebounds in the win.

Milwaukee played without its top two scorers, Giannis Antetokounmpo (sore left knee) and Jrue Holiday (sprained right ankle), for the second consecutive game. Jevon Carter led the Bucks with 21 points.

Grizzlies 114, Timberwolves 103

Ja Morant scored 28 points and was two assists shy of a triple-double as Memphis defeated visiting Minnesota.

Morant made 11 of 25 shots while adding 10 rebounds and eight assists to lead the Grizzlies to their fifth win in the last six games. Desmond Bane contributed 24 points, and Dillon Brooks finished with 21.

Anthony Edwards paced Minnesota with 28 points on 10-for-16 shooting and added six rebounds and six assists. Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert supplied 15 points apiece, and Karl-Anthony Towns added 13 points and 10 rebounds.

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De’Aaron Fox had 32 points and a season-high 12 assists as the visiting Sacramento Kings scored the game’s final eight points and extended the Los Angeles Lakers’ losing streak to five games with a 120-114 victory on Friday.

Domantas Sabonis had 21 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, while Kevin Huerter added 16 points for Sacramento, which has won five of its last seven games. Harrison Barnes scored 13 points, Terence Davis had 12 points, and Chimezie Metu added 10.

Anthony Davis led the Lakers with 24 points and 14 rebounds, while Russell Westbrook tallied 21 points and 11 assists. Lonnie Walker IV and Austin Reaves scored 19 points apiece.

Fox, who recorded 21 of his 32 points in the second half, scored four straight points to put Sacramento ahead 118-114 with 32 seconds left.

After Walker missed a 3-pointer on the other end, Barnes converted two foul shots for the final margin.

The Lakers fell to 2-10 overall despite a strong performance by Westbrook, who made 4 of 7 shots from beyond the arc after entering the game shooting 32.5 percent from 3-point range.

Sacramento shot just 2 of 13 from 3-point range in the first quarter, but the teams were tied at 23 going into the second quarter. Sabonis and Barnes combined for 19 of the Kings’ 23 points.

Los Angeles led 55-42 with 2:02 left in the half before Sacramento closed on a 14-5 run. Fox hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to cut the deficit to 60-56.

Anthony Davis, who was a game-time decision due to a non-COVID illness, scored 17 points in the first half to lead all scorers.

Neither team was able to gain any separation in the third quarter, which ended with the Lakers leading 88-87.

Fox scored 11 points in the third quarter for the Kings. Sabonis sat out for an extended period after he picked up his fourth foul with 6:25 left in the quarter.

Sabonis returned with 7:35 left in the fourth quarter and the Kings leading 102-101.

The Lakers played without star LeBron James, who is listed as day-to-day with a strained left adductor.

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Stephen Curry scored 15 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter and the Golden State Warriors won a second consecutive game for the first time this season, rallying for a 106-101 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday in San Francisco.

Curry scored 10 straight Golden State points over a 65-second span as the Warriors notched their 11th consecutive regular-season victory over the Cavaliers.

Andrew Wiggins scored 20 points and Jordan Poole added 18 for Golden State. Draymond Green had 13 assists and 10 rebounds, and Anthony Lamb had 10 points for the Warriors.

Donovan Mitchell registered 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists but couldn’t prevent Cleveland from losing its third straight game.

Evan Mobley contributed 20 points and 12 rebounds and Darius Garland added 15 points and eight assists for the Cavaliers. Jarrett Allen had 13 points and nine rebounds and Caris LeVert scored 11 points for Cleveland.

Curry hit a tying 3-pointer with 1:18 remaining and scored a fastbreak layup 24 seconds later to give the Warriors a 100-98 lead.

Allen split two free throws for Cleveland with 44.4 seconds left, and Curry followed with a 3-pointer to make it 103-99 with 34.1 seconds remaining. Curry went 2-of-4 from the line to finish his personal flurry.

Klay Thompson scored just nine points on 3-of-13 shooting for the Warriors, who posted the back-to-back wins after five straight losses.

Golden State made 48.8 percent of its shots and was 15 of 36 (41.7 percent) from behind the arc. Curry was 6 of 11 from long range.

The Cavaliers shot 40.2 percent from the field and were 8 of 30 (26.7 percent) from 3-point range.

A four-point play by LeVert and a dunk by Allen gave Cleveland a 95-87 lead with 4:38 remaining.

Curry drilled a 3-pointer and Green scored on a layup as Golden State moved within three with 3:44 left.

The Warriors later were within one on Thompson’s 3-pointer with 2:53 left, but Mitchell sank two free throws 16 seconds later to give the Cavaliers a 98-95 lead.

Earlier, Golden State scored the first seven points of the third quarter to take a 55-52 lead before Cleveland ripped off 14 straight points.

Allen capped the spurt with a basket to give the Cavaliers a 66-55 advantage with 5:41 remaining in the period.

The Warriors narrowed their deficit to one on Poole’s 3-pointer with 11.4 seconds left before Evan Mobley slammed home a dunk at the buzzer to give Cleveland a 77-74 lead.

Mitchell had 15 points as the Cavaliers led 52-48 at the break. Curry scored 15 in the half for the Warriors.

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The Boston Celtics are hot, and they will get a chance to keep their winning streak going against a team they defeated just three nights ago.

Boston collected its fifth straight victory on Friday, defeating the visiting Denver Nuggets 131-112. The Celtics now head to Detroit to face the Pistons on Saturday night.

Jayson Tatum continued to lead Boston, scoring 34 points against Denver. Tatum has reached the 30-point mark in four of the past five games and in seven of the Celtics’ 12 games this season.

“JT takes on new challenges and just continues to get better, continues to feel the game out,” teammate Al Horford said in a postgame TV interview. “He’s playing at a really high level right now, as good as anyone in the league.”

Payton Pritchard led the Celtics’ reserves with 11 points in 16 minutes. Pritchard, a rotation regular the past two seasons, had played in only four games before Friday and hadn’t scored more than four points in any game.

Boston interim coach Joe Mazzulla said, “I’ve said it to him, I’ve said it to others. No matter what situation he’s in, when his name gets called, I trust he’s going to be ready to play. I trust he’s going to know the game plan, I trust he’s going to have a great mindset.”

The Celtics defeated the Pistons 128-112 on Wednesday with Boston reserve forward Sam Hauser scoring a career-high 24 points.

“I just love the energy that we’re playing with,” Horford said. “Our guys off the bench are coming out ready to go, trying to send a message, set the tone and playing with a whole lot of pace. We have a lot of depth, so that’s a big part of our team.”

The Pistons, with leading scorer Cade Cunningham in street clothes, lost to the host New York Knicks 121-112 on Friday. Cunningham sat out due to left-shin soreness, and it’s questionable whether he will play against the Celtics.

Cunningham, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 draft, had arguably the worst game of his career on Wednesday. He shot 1-for-11 from the field while contributing just four points, three rebounds and two assists in 24 minutes.

Bojan Bogdanovic led eight Pistons in double figures on Friday with 25 points. Alec Burks, making his season and Detroit debut, added 17 points off the bench. Burks, who recovered from a foot injury, was acquired from the Knicks in an offseason deal.

Detroit trailed New York by 16 in the second quarter and by 10 at halftime but cut the deficit to four points in the final two minutes.

“Our defense in the second half is the way we have to play,” said Pistons coach Dwane Casey, whose team lost for the fifth time in six games. “We can’t wait until we get punched in the mouth to do it. It was like night and day in the second half.”

Backup point guard Killian Hayes has delivered encouraging performances in back-to-back games after being a non-factor in his first 11 outings this season.

Hayes had 16 points on Wednesday and followed that with an 11-point, seven-assist, six-rebound and three-steal performance on Friday while playing a season-high 34 minutes.

“The key is he played starter’s minutes,” Casey said. “People look at who’s name is called out when the game starts. What’s important is who finishes. Tonight, Killian finished.”

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