(UPDATE) SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry scored 26 points before leaving the game with an ankle injury in the final minute as the Golden State Warriors beat the Washington Wizards, 122-114, Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

HANG TIME Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry drives to the basket against Washington Wizards’ Corey Kispert in the second quarter of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2025. AP PHOTO
HANG TIME Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry drives to the basket against Washington Wizards’ Corey Kispert in the second quarter of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2025. AP PHOTO

Curry got tangled with Washington's Jordan Poole under the basket and was down on the court for a few seconds before heading to the War-riors' bench. There was no immediate word on the extent of his injury.

Andrew Wiggins had 31 points and 11 rebounds to lead Golden State.

Poole, playing in his second game at Chase Center since the Warriors traded him to the Wizards, had 38 points for Washington.

Up by one midway through the fourth, the Warriors went on an 11-2 run, capped by two 3s by Curry, to take a double-digit lead with two and a half minutes left.

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Draymond Green, who had just returned to the lineup after missing three games with an illness, left the game with left calf tightness in the first quarter.

Poole had 23 points at halftime as the Wizards led 60-53 at the break.

Wizards: The Wizards have lost nine straight, wasting a strong revenge game by Poole, who left the Warriors on unceremonious terms. He out-scored Curry for the first time in four matchups and was animated, talking to his former teammates on the Warriors bench after hitting a 3-pointer in the third quarter.

Warriors: Golden State is back over.500, but needed a strong fourth quarter to beat the NBA-worst Wizards.

Curry put on a dribbling and shot-faking exhibition on the Wizards' Bilal Coulibaly before putting the Warriors ahead 115-105 with a 3-pointer late in the fourth.

Poole was 8 of 15 from deep and hit his 900th career 3-pointer, becoming the first player from the 2019 draft class to reach that mark.

The Wizards play at Sacramento on Sunday. The Warriors host Boston on Monday.

Meanwhile, Donovan Mitchell scored 36 points, Darius Garland added 29 and the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers took control in the second half and beat the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 124-117.

With the teams tied at halftime, Cleveland (35-6) outscored Minnesota by 10 in the third quarter and opened the fourth with a 10-0 run to seize control.

Anthony Edwards scored 28 points and Julius Randle finished with 20 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists for Minnesota.

Cleveland was without forward Evan Mobley, who sat with right calf soreness, and Isaac Okoro, sidelined with a right AC joint sprain. Both played in Thursday's loss to Oklahoma City.