Stephen Curry made a 31-foot 3-pointer with seven seconds left to tie the game, Austin Reeves made the game-winning layup with one second left, and LeBron James played his NBA-record 19th Christmas Day game. He had 31 points and 10 assists in Los Angeles, and the Angeles Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors 115-113 on Wednesday night.
Curry made eight threes for 38 points, making one under pressure from the baseline with 12 seconds left and another with 2:49 remaining, but James was on the other end. He just hit a long-range shot.
Reeves recorded a triple-double of 26 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the Lakers, who lost big man Anthony Davis to a sprained left ankle late in the first quarter.
takeout
Lakers: D’Angelo Russell was out with a sprained left thumb. Center Jackson Hayes played 3-on-3 with the coaching staff as he recovers from a sprained right ankle that has sidelined him since mid-November.
Warriors: Golden State loses 11th in 14 games. … Green was hit with his eighth technical late in the second quarter, halfway to his 16 points for an automatic one-game suspension.
important moment
With James running towards him, Curry calmly sank a 3 at 10:59 of the second quarter, then James hit a shot from deep 17 seconds later.
After the Warriors and James’ former Cavaliers met in the NBA Finals, the two superstars also faced off on Christmas Day in 2015, 2016, and 2018.
Main status
On December 25, Curry became the seventh player in NBA history to start at least 11 games, joining James, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Dwyane Wade, Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant.
James earned his 11th win on Dec. 25, surpassing former teammate Wade’s off-day record.
to the next
Golden State visits the Clippers on Friday night, and the Lakers return home to host Sacramento on Saturday.
