Stephen Curry scored 51 points, equaling his career high, with 11 three-pointers, to lead the Golden State Warriors over the Washington Wizards 134-121 on Wednesday night for their eighth straight win.
Curry made 13 of his first 14 shots and had 36 points by halftime.
The defending champions the Warriors (45-4) tied the 1966-1967 Philadelphia 76ers for the best 49-game start in NBA history.
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John Wall led the Wizards with a season-high 41 points and 10 assists.
THUNDER 117, MAGIC 114
Russell Westbrook posted his third straight triple-double with 24 points, a career-high 19 rebounds and 14 assists as Oklahoma City held off Orlando.
Kevin Durant hit a three-pointer with a half-second left to cap a 37-point performance and give the Thunder their fifth straight win.
Victor Oladipo scored 37 points for the Magic, who have lost 14 of 16.
SPURS 110, PELICANS 97
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 36 points as San Antonio improved to 27-0 at home this season by beating New Orleans.
The Spurs have won 36 in a row at home overall, dating to last season.
Anthony Davis had 28 points and 10 rebounds for the Pelicans.
HORNETS 106, CAVALIERS 97
Jeremy Lin scored 24 points as Charlotte ended Cleveland’s five-game winning streak.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 11 points and 13 rebounds for the Hornets, who overcame a nine-point halftime deficit.
Kyrie Irving had 26 points and LeBron James added 23 for the Cavaliers.
HEAT 93, MAVERICKS 90
Chris Bosh scored 20 points, while Dwyane Wade bounced back with 18 after matching the worst shooting half of his career as Miami beat Dallas.
The Heat improved to 9-1 against the Mavericks with their fourth sweep in five seasons since losing to Dallas in the 2011 NBA Finals.
Wade scored 16 points in the second half after going one of 11 before halftime, his first points coming with just 48 seconds left in the second quarter.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 28 for Dallas.
CELTICS 102, PISTONS 95
Isaiah Thomas had 17 points and seven assists to help Boston beat Detroit.
Avery Bradley had 15 points for the Celtics, who have won six straight home games and seven of eight overall.
Pistons guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope left with a strained right groin in the second quarter after he appeared to slip on a wet spot on the court. He did not play in the second half.
PACERS 114, NETS 100
C.J. Miles had 27 points and Paul George scored 17 as Indiana sent Brooklyn to their fifth straight loss.
Brook Lopez had 21 points, while Joe Johnson had 20 points and nine assists for the Nets.
HAWKS 124, 76ERS 86
Tim Hardaway Jr and Mike Scott each scored 13 points as Atlanta coasted past Philadelphia.
All 13 of the Hawks players scored.
Nik Stauskas had 17 points for the 76ers, who dropped to 7-42.
JAZZ 85, NUGGETS 81
Derrick Favors had 16 points, 10 rebounds and six blocked shots to power Utah over Denver, extending their season-best winning streak to four games.
The Jazz, who also got 16 points from Gordon Hayward, have won five straight against the Nuggets.
Danilo Gallinari scored 24 points for Denver.
BULLS 107, KINGS 102
E’Twaun Moore scored a career-high 24 points while starting in place of injured Jimmy Butler as Chicago overcame a sloppy finish to beat Sacramento.
Pau Gasol added 16 points, 13 rebounds and made two free throws with 4.3 seconds remaining to help the Bulls to their first win in Sacramento since December 2011. Derrick Rose had 21 points and nine assists.
DeMarcus Cousins had 30 points and 11 rebounds in his return to Sacramento’s lineup. The Kings’ All-Star center missed two baskets and two free throws in the final 40 seconds.
TIMBERWOLVES 108, CLIPPERS 102
Andrew Wiggins scored 31 points and Zach LaVine added 17 as Minnesota ended a 14-game road skid against the Clippers with their first win over Los Angeles at Staples Center in nearly four years.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who also ended two other streaks: five straight losses and 12 straight on the road.
Chris Paul had 22 points and Jamal Crawford had 21 off the bench for the Clippers. Their four-game winning streak ended as they fell to 15-4 without injured Blake Griffin.
A sumo star was born in Japan on Sunday when 24-year-old Takerufuji became the first wrestler in 110 years to win a top-division tournament on his debut, triumphing at the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka despite injuring his ankle on the penultimate day. Takerufuji, whose injury had left him in a wheelchair outside the ring, shoved out the higher-ranked Gonoyama at the Edion Arena Osaka to the delight of the crowd, giving him an unassailable record of 13 wins and two losses to claim the Emperor’s Cup. “I did it just through willpower. I didn’t really know what was going
The US’ Ilia Malinin on Saturday produced six scintillating quadruple jumps, including a quadruple Axel, in the men’s free skate to capture his first figure skating world title. The 19-year-old nicknamed the “Quad god,” who is the only skater to land a quadruple Axel in competition, dazzled with an array of breathtakingly executed jumps starting with his quad Axel and including a quadruple Lutz in combination with a triple flip and a quadruple toe loop in combination with a triple toe. He added an unexpected triple-triple combination at the end to earn a world-record 227.79 in the free program for a championship
Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter is being criminally investigated by the IRS, and the attorney for his alleged bookmaker said Thursday that the ex-Los Angeles Dodgers employee placed bets on international soccer — but not baseball. The IRS confirmed Thursday that interpreter Ippei Mizuhara and Mathew Bowyer, the alleged illegal bookmaker, are under criminal investigation through the agency’s Los Angeles Field Office. IRS Criminal Investigation spokesperson Scott Villiard said he could not provide additional details. Mizuhara, 39, was fired by the Dodgers on Wednesday following reports from the Los Angeles Times and ESPN about his alleged ties to an illegal bookmaker and debts well
HSIEH MAKES QUARTERS: Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens of Belgium won in the women’s doubles and face Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sofia Kenin of the US Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and US Open champion Coco Gauff were knocked out of the women’s singles at the Miami Open on Monday, while Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei advanced in the women’s doubles. Swiatek lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 6-2, hours after third seed Gauff fell in three sets to No. 23 Caroline Garcia 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. Alexandrova beat a top-ranked player for the first time and advanced to face Jessica Pegula, a 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 winner over Emma Navarro, in the quarter-finals. Alexandrova recorded her second win over Swiatek, following a 2021 victory in Melbourne. Swiatek had won their three matches since. “We played quite