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    Golden State Warriors stretch record NBA streak to 24

    Golden State have stretched their sensational season-opening NBA streak to 24 wins with a hard-fought 124-119 double-overtime victory over Boston.

    The league's scoring leader Steph Curry drained two free throws with 13.4 seconds left in the second overtime and swingman Andre Iguodala added two more foul shots with 5.4 seconds remaining as the Warriors held off a tenacious Celtics on Friday.

    The reigning NBA champions have notched 28 straight wins in a streak stretching back to last season.

    Their 27th victory had already tied for the second-longest streak and they trail only the 33 in a row won by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers.

    But it was a close-run thing for a Warriors team missing injured starters Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes. And the Warriors did it despite Curry's worst shooting night of the year.

    Curry, who went into the contest with an average of 32.2 points per game, made just nine of 27 shots from the floor.

    Fiercely defended by the Celtics, he made eight turnovers and his two free throws were his only points of the second overtime.

    "Nothing was pretty about this game," said Curry, who did make six of 13 three-point attempts and all 14 of his foul shots en route to 38 points.

    "But we got stops, everybody contributed ... considering all the injuries we had and this being the end of the road trip - huge win for us."

    In Orlando, Cleveland downed the Magic 111-76, with LeBron James scoring 25 points to help bring up a 12th consecutive victory over their hosts. James hit 10 of 15 shots and added eight assists. He sat out the fourth quarter after Cleveland took an 83-52 lead through three.

    Reggie Jackson and Marcus Morris scored 21 points apiece as Detroit beat Philadelphia 107-95. Morris had 13 points in a decisive third-quarter stretch as the Pistons (13-11) ended a four-game road losing streak and a three-game slide.

    In Indianapolis, Monta Ellis scored 24 points and Paul George added 23 to lead Indiana to a 96-83 victory over Miami. It was the ninth consecutive time the Pacers (13-8) had beaten the Heat (12-9) at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

    DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points as Toronto defeated Milwaukee 90-83, the third win in a row for the Raptors (15-9) and the second loss in a row for the Bucks (9-15).

    Tyreke Evans scored 27 and Anthony Davis added 18 and 11 rebounds as New Orleans made a franchise-record 16 three-pointers to defeat Washington 107-105.

    Kemba Walker scored 33 points and Nicolas Batum had 20 as Charlotte defeated Memphis 123-99.


    Elsewhere, Oklahoma City thwarted a late rally by Utah for a 94-90 win, Portland brought up a 106-96 victory over Phoenix, San Antonio downed the Los Angeles Lakers 109-87 and Denver rallied to beat Minnesota 111-108
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