Stephen Curry scores season-best 49 points as the Warriors beat Boston

Stephen Curry claimed a season-high 49 points to lift the Golden State Warriors to victory over the Boston Celtics on Saturday night.

In the closely-fought contest, which at one point saw the game tied at 95-95, Curry got to work in the final stages, making 13 points in the final 1.42 to see out the game 109-105.

It was a big turnaround for the Warriors, who had lost their previous two games against the Celtics and the last two times at home.

Kyrie Irving, too, put in an impressive performance for the Celtics, scoring 37 points, but it was not enough and puts the Celtics on five losses in six.

Oklahoma City’s Carmelo Anthony was also celebrating after surpassing the 25,000-point mark as the Thunder overcame the Detroit Pistons 121-108.

The victory, which saw Russell Westbrook add 31 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds, puts Oklahoma on the current longest-running winning streak in the NBA with seven wins in a row.

But players were left concerned after Andre Roberson suffered an injury in the third quarter and was taken off the court on a stretcher.

In reverse fortunes for Detroit, they have now lost seven in a row – the league’s longest current losing streak.

Elsewhere, Jimmy Butler returned for the Minnesota Timberwolves, scoring 21 points in their 111-97 victory against the Brooklyn Nets, Markieff Morris equalled a season-high 23 points as the Washington Wizards beat the Atlanta Hawks 129-104, and the Miami Heat turned over a 15-point deficit to triumph 95-91 against the Charlotte Hornets.

The Indiana Pacers overcame the Orlando Magic 114-112 thanks to a season-best 21 points from Lance Stephenson, and Nikola Jokic’s triple-double helped the Denver Nuggets to a 91-89 win against the Dallas Mavericks.