Golden State Warriors make it a dozen wins in NBA

Stephen Curry scored seven of his game-high 37 points in the final 88 seconds to help a sloppy Golden State Warriors overcome 20 turnovers and remain unbeaten with a 115-110 win over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.

The reigning NBA champion Warriors looked to be in cruise control when they rolled to an 18-point lead in the first half.

But they had to battle to hang on for the win as the Raptors, led by Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, rallied to take a two-point lead with 5:54 to play on two free throws by Lowry.

The free throws capped a 10-1 scoring run that saw the Raptors erase a seven-point deficit.

However, the Warriors immediately countered with a surge of their own, triggered by a Andrew Bogut dunk following a lob from Draymond Green.

Stephen Curry's basket with 1:28 to play built the Warriors' lead back to five points.

But it had dwindled again to one, at 109-108, and the Raptors had the ball with 24.6 seconds remaining.

Lowry committed a foul with a moving screen with 15.4 seconds left to turn the ball over.

Golden State made six free throws in the final 12 seconds to seal the win, Curry making four of them to complete a 37-point, nine-assist game.

"It was actually too close down the stretch, but we got the job done," said Curry, whose Warriors are closing in on the all-time best season start of 15-0, achieved by Washington in 1948-49 and the Houston Rockets in 1993-94.

Bogut chipped in 13 points and claimed six rebounds, while shooting guard Klay Thompson also added 19 points.

Lowry and DeRozan scored 28 points each for the Raptors, who lost to the Warriors for the 10th straight time.

With the win, the Warriors tied their club record for consecutive regular-season wins with 16 -- a streak dating back to last season.

It was their 25th straight regular-season home win.

Elsewhere, fellow Australian Matthew Dellavedova's Cleveland Cavaliers dropped their second straight game - falling 104-99 at Detroit in a performance that had superstar LeBron James calling on his teammates to toughen up.

"We're too relaxed, too nice," said James, who scored a game-high 30 points and passed Jerry West for 19th on the NBA's all-time scoring list.

James, who went into the contest needing 10 points to pass West's total of 25,192 points, reached the milestone with a three-pointer in the first quarter.

He finished the game with 25,213, but instead of celebrating the achievement James was chastising his Cavs teammates for seeming complacent against a Pistons team that snapped a four-game losing streak.

Dellavedova managed only one basket, provided five assists for his teammates.

Meanwhile Minnesota beat Miami 103-91 and New Orleans lost to Denver.

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