SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 27 points and eight assists, Andrew Wiggins added 25 points, seven rebounds and five assists, and the defending champion Golden State Warriors avoided elimination by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 121-106 in Game 5 of the conference semifinals West on Wednesday evening.
LeBron James scored 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Los Angeles. Anthony Davis added 23 points and nine rebounds but went to the locker room late after it appeared he had been hit in the head by Kevon Looney.
Austin Reeves made a three-pointer with 5:25 to play that cut the Warriors’ lead to single figures at 104-95 only for Curry to answer with five straight points, then hit another big shot after D’Angelo Russell connected from deep.
Draymond Green contributed 20 points and 10 rebounds as Golden State played tough defense that led to better chances on the offensive end – just as Coach Steve Kerr challenged his team.
Now, he’s back in Los Angeles for game six on Friday night with the Lakers 5-0 at home this postseason, having won eight straight home games since losing to the Bulls on March 26.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson had 38 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while playing 48 minutes in a season-extending performance in New York’s win over Miami in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
The Knicks denied the Heat’s first bid to become the second No. 8 seed to reach the Conference Finals and brought the series back to Miami for Game 6 on Friday night.
RJ Barrett added 26 points and Julius Randle had 24 points for the fifth-seeded Knicks, who are surviving hopes of reaching the Conference Finals for the first time since 2000. They did so by taking the Heat to seven games in the second round, a possibility that still exists. .
Jimmy Butler scored 19 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for Miami, getting fewer than 25 points for the first time this season. Bam Adebayo added 18 points and Duncan Robinson had 17 points.
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