OAKLAND, Calif. _ The Golden State Warriors finished with a 120-114 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, bringing them closer toward locking the No. 1 seed and preparing for the NBA playoffs. But the Warriors nearly squandered a 21-point lead.
No matter. The Warriors (55-24) have won four consecutive games and appear likely to clinch the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference. The Warriors can do that with a win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday in their final home game at Oracle Arena. Or the Nuggets can lose one of their last three games.
The Warriors mostly leaned on Stephen Curry (40 points) and Draymond Green (20) for most of the production. Curry surpassed Paul Arizin for third place on the Warriors' all-time scoring list, while going 12-of-21 from the field and 9-of-12 from 3. Green added everything with efficiency from the field (8-of-14) and from 3 (3-of-7) as well as eight rebounds and five assists.
This hardly matched the drama of the Warriors winning three out of the past four NBA championships against Cleveland for obvious reasons. LeBron James has since gone to the Los Angeles Lakers. Kyrie Irving was traded
