Curry scores 31 in return as Warriors defeat Lakers 128-121 despite 40 points from James

— Stephen Curry belatedly celebrated his birthday by returning to the Golden State lineup and leading the Warriors to a much-needed victory.
Mar 17, 2024, 06:45 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Austin Reaves makes 24-foot three pointer (LeBron James assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 10-foot two point shot (Draymond Green assists)
  • Rui Hachimura misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Jonathan Kuminga misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Stephen Curry misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 3-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
  • Anthony Davis misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Andrew Wiggins misses two point shot
  • Andrew Wiggins makes tip shot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 16-foot two point shot
  • Jonathan Kuminga makes 26-foot step back jumpshot (Brandin Podziemski assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Jonathan Kuminga makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Stephen Curry assists)
  • LeBron James makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Jonathan Kuminga makes 23-foot three point jumper (Stephen Curry assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jonathan Kuminga assists)
  • Anthony Davis misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Draymond Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Davis makes 16-foot jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Jonathan Kuminga makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Stephen Curry assists)
  • LeBron James makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jonathan Kuminga misses layup
  • Klay Thompson misses 22-foot jumper
  • LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
  • Gary Payton II makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jonathan Kuminga assists)
  • LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
  • Rui Hachimura makes dunk (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Stephen Curry misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Rui Hachimura makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
  • Klay Thompson makes 17-foot two point shot (Trayce Jackson-Davis assists)
  • Brandin Podziemski misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Davis makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Klay Thompson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
  • Anthony Davis misses 17-foot jumper
  • Taurean Prince makes 23-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Taurean Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Chris Paul makes 10-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Davis makes two point shot
  • Klay Thompson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • Jaxson Hayes makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Taurean Prince assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Davis blocks Andrew Wiggins's two point shot
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis blocks Taurean Prince 's 2-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses tip shot
  • Klay Thompson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 1-foot tip shot
  • Austin Reaves misses 44-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three pointer (LeBron James assists)
  • Chris Paul misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jaxson Hayes misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Klay Thompson makes 26-foot three point shot (Draymond Green assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 7-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Klay Thompson makes 16-foot step back jumpshot (Chris Paul assists)
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Klay Thompson makes 8-foot two point shot (Trayce Jackson-Davis assists)
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis blocks Max Christie's driving layup
  • Draymond Green makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
  • LeBron James makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Klay Thompson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Chris Paul misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Draymond Green misses 12-foot jumper
  • LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Stephen Curry misses driving floating jump shot
  • Stephen Curry makes two point shot
  • Jonathan Kuminga misses two point shot
  • Max Christie misses driving layup
  • Stephen Curry makes 25-foot three pointer (Chris Paul assists)
  • Spencer Dinwiddie makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • LeBron James misses driving floating jump shot
  • Austin Reaves misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis makes dunk (Jonathan Kuminga assists)
  • LeBron James makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Jonathan Kuminga misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Rui Hachimura makes driving dunk (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Stephen Curry makes driving layup
  • Rui Hachimura makes 15-foot jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Stephen Curry makes 4-foot two point shot (Trayce Jackson-Davis assists)
  • Spencer Dinwiddie makes 1-foot driving dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Rui Hachimura makes 15-foot jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Jonathan Kuminga makes 7-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Stephen Curry misses 18-foot jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 9-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Stephen Curry makes 1-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Taurean Prince blocks Jonathan Kuminga 's 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Klay Thompson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Draymond Green assists)
  • LeBron James misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Jonathan Kuminga makes dunk (Draymond Green assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Jonathan Kuminga makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Draymond Green assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Stephen Curry misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Andrew Wiggins makes dunk (Stephen Curry assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Stephen Curry misses driving floating jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura makes two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura blocks Brandin Podziemski 's 1-foot two point shot
  • Stephen Curry misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Draymond Green assists)
  • LeBron James misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Austin Reaves misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Draymond Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Rui Hachimura misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Stephen Curry misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jonathan Kuminga misses alley oop dunk shot
  • Austin Reaves misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Jonathan Kuminga misses two point shot
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 27-foot three point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Stephen Curry makes 2-foot layup (Draymond Green assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins blocks LeBron James 's 8-foot two point shot
  • Stephen Curry makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
  • Gary Payton II misses two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Stephen Curry makes 28-foot three point jumper (Draymond Green assists)
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Klay Thompson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James blocks Gary Payton II 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Klay Thompson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Gary Payton II blocks Austin Reaves 's 27-foot three point jumper
  • Stephen Curry makes 27-foot step back jumpshot (Gary Payton II assists)
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Jonathan Kuminga makes driving layup
  • Taurean Prince misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Stephen Curry makes driving layup
  • Austin Reaves makes 23-foot three point jumper (Taurean Prince assists)
  • Stephen Curry misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • LeBron James makes two point shot
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis makes 1-foot dunk (Klay Thompson assists)
  • Jaxson Hayes makes alley oop dunk shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brandin Podziemski makes 24-foot three point jumper (Klay Thompson assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jaxson Hayes makes driving dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Klay Thompson makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Trayce Jackson-Davis assists)
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis makes 5-foot layup (Klay Thompson assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Chris Paul makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Taurean Prince misses 56-foot three point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis misses two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Taurean Prince makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis makes two point shot (Brandin Podziemski assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Brandin Podziemski makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jaxson Hayes misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Chris Paul misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Klay Thompson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Taurean Prince misses running pullup jump shot
  • Taurean Prince makes two point shot
  • Chris Paul makes 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Max Christie makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Chris Paul makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Max Christie misses 39-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Klay Thompson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jonathan Kuminga assists)
  • LeBron James makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • LeBron James makes 3-foot layup (Rui Hachimura assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Draymond Green assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 21-foot two point shot
  • Stephen Curry misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
  • Austin Reaves makes 4-foot two point shot (Rui Hachimura assists)
  • Stephen Curry makes layup (Draymond Green assists)
  • LeBron James misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Draymond Green makes layup (Stephen Curry assists)
  • Draymond Green makes driving layup (Brandin Podziemski assists)
  • LeBron James makes 2-foot driving dunk (Taurean Prince assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Stephen Curry misses 3-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Stephen Curry makes 1-foot layup (Draymond Green assists)
  • Stephen Curry misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jonathan Kuminga makes alley oop dunk shot (Draymond Green assists)
  • LeBron James misses driving floating jump shot
  • LeBron James misses two point shot
  • LeBron James makes two point shot
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 2-foot two point shot (Draymond Green assists)
  • Rui Hachimura makes 9-foot two point shot
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