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Warriors withstand Raptors comeback in NBA

Golden State Warriors have welcomed Stephen Curry back from injury with an NBA win at the Toronto Raptors while both Los Angeles teams and San Antonio won.

Toronto Raptors' DeMar DeRozan
Toronto's DeMar DeRozan tries to break through Warriors duo Stephen Curry and Zaza Pachulia. (AAP)

Stephen Curry has returned from a two-game NBA absence to score 24 points while Klay Thompson had 26 as the Golden State Warriors blew nearly all of a 27-point lead before beating the Toronto Raptors 127-125.

DeMar DeRozan scored 42 points for the Raptors but the Warriors had just enough to beat Toronto for the eighth straight time.

Kevin Durant scored 25 pointsfor the Warriors, who are unbeaten in 12 road games.

OG Anunoby had 17 points and Serge Ibaka 14 for the Raptors, who rallied from a 19-point deficit through three quarters to make it a one-point game in the fourth.

Curry sat out a home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers and the win at Milwaukee with a sore right ankle, the same injury that kept him out of 11 games in December.

Golden State led 43-35 at the first break, their highest-scoring opening quarter of the season.

Their 81-54 halftime lead was their biggest half of the season and their first 80-point half away from home since November 2, 1990, at Denver (87 points).

Elsewhere, Dallas native Julius Randle had 23 points and 15 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Lakers seal a 107-101 NBA overtime win over the Mavericks.

"Yeah, I'm going to enjoy it for sure," Randle said.

The Lakers (15-27) trailed by double digits in the fourth quarter but battled back for their first win against the Mavericks in Dallas since February 24, 2013.

Rookie Dennis Smith Jr. had 23 points as the Mavericks (15-29) had a two-game win streak snapped.

"We gave up the 10-point lead in the fourth, we obviously lost some defensive edge there," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said.

Lou Williams scored 26 points as the injury-depleted Clippers beat the Sacramento Kings 126-105 to be 21-21 at the NBA season's halfway mark.

Willie Reed added 14 points and 13 rebounds starting in place of DeAndre Jordan, who has a sprained left ankle.

Blake Griffin had 11 points and nine assists as one of eight Clippers in double figures.

Kawhi Leonard scored 19 points in his return from a three-game absence with the San Antonio Spurs too good for the Denver Nuggets 112-80, improving their league best home record to 19-2.

Russell Westbrook had 25 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder past the Charlotte Hornets 101-91 to snap a three-game losing streak.

Meanwhile, the Washington Wizards beat the Brooklyn Nets 119-113 in overtime and the Chicago Bulls overcame the Detroit Pistons 107-105.


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