LOS ANGELES (AFP) — The Golden State Warriors edged the Boston Celtics, 132-126, in an overtime thriller in San Francisco while Damian Lillard scored a season-high 40 points — hitting a National Basketball Association milestone — in the Milwaukee Bucks’ 132-119 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday.
Warriors star Stephen Curry scored 13 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter and seven in overtime to power the Warriors’ comeback from a 17-point deficit.
He and Klay Thompson drilled six three-pointers apiece as the Warriors ended Boston’s five-game winning streak.
A Curry three-pointer with 1:36 left in regulation knotted the score at 121-121. Both teams missed chances as they went to the extra session, in which the Warriors grabbed the lead on Jonathan Kuminga’s steal and dunk and never trailed.
Curry said the gritty win was just what the Warriors needed.
“We want to be a playoff contender and these are the type of games that show us that we can be that,” he said.
“We’ve just got to keep putting them together.”
