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Kevin Durant scored 25 points, Klay Thompson added 24 and both made crucial plays in the final seconds on Monday, lifting the National Basketball Association champions Golden State Warriors over Cleveland 99-92.
In a Christmas rematch of the NBA Finals that marked their third straight holiday clash, the hosts Warriors won for the 12th time in 13 games to reach 27-7 while the Cavaliers fell to 24-10.
Golden State grabbed a 90-81 edge, the Warriors’ biggest of the night, before the Cavaliers answered with an 11-2 run, pulling level at 92-92 on a LeBron James layup with two minutes left at Oracle Arena in Oakland.
Thompson sank a 3-pointer to put Golden State ahead to stay and tough defensive pressure by Durant forced James to lose the ball out of bounds.
The Cavaliers got the ball back after the Warriors missed two 3-point shots. James drove to the basket and appeared to be fouled, but no whistle was blown and the ball was ruled to have gone out of bounds off James.
“He fouled me twice,” James said. “But whatever. What are you going to do about it?”
Durant said his moves were clean.
“He’s too big. He’s too big for that. He’s too big. That ain’t no foul.”
Warriors forward Draymond Green contributed 12 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists for his first triple double of the season.
Cleveland’s Kevin Love had game highs of 31 points and 18 rebounds while James added 20 points but made a game-high 7 turnovers.
The hosts were without Stephen Curry, who has missed three weeks with an ankle injury and could miss another week, while the Cavs were without Isaiah Thomas, who has been out since being obtained in a trade with Boston involving Kyrie Irving.
In Oklahoma City, Russell Westbrook scored 31 points and passed off 11 assists to spark the Thunder over the Houston Rockets 112-107.
In other Xmas games, it was: Wizards 111, Celtics 103; Timberwolves 121, Lakers 104; and 76ers 105, Knicks 98.
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