Stephen Curry scored 31 points when he came back into Golden State’s lineup, and Klay Thompson scored 26 points off the bench. The Warriors bєat the Los Angeles Lakers 128–121 on Saturday night in a very important Western Conference game.

The Lakers’ LeBron James scored 40 points, passed the ball nine times, and grabbed eight boards. Unfortunately, Anthony Davis hurt his eye and had to sit out the last three quarters.

The Warriors moved ahead of the Lakers by a percentage point and into ninth place in the West after beating the Thunder in a game that went into extra time because of a broken clock and two replay reviews, one of which reversed what looked like a 3-pointer by James.

Golden State’s Trayce Jackson-Davis poked Davis in the left eye as Davis drove to the basket for a layup with 2:47 left in the first quarter. That’s when Davis stopped playing. When he got to the locker room, his eye was swollen shut.

The Lakers said the injury was a bruisє in the eye.

Because Davis was hurt, Golden State was able to control inside and drive to the basket a lot. The Warriors had six more rebounds than the Lakers and scored 62 points to 54 for the Lakers in the paint.

Draymond Green had six points, 12 rebounds, and 13 assists after missing the last game because of back pαin. Jonathan Kuminga scored 23 points for the Warriors.

Russell had 23 points and 13 assists for the Lakers, who have lost their last two games.

Curry hadn’t played in three games because his right ankle was hurt. He turned 36 on Thursday. He missed his first three shots, but with 7:41 left in the first half, he got the ball back after missing and made a layup. During his 31-minute game, the two-time MVP made 12 of 24 shots from the field and had six boards and five assists.

He scored six points during a 10–2 run in the third quarter that put the Warriors ahead 91–79. Before that, neither team had a lead of more than seven points.

In the first half, Thompson scored 21 points, and the Warriors led 67–66 at the break. Thompson scored at least 20 points in the first half for the second time this season.

James only made 6 of 16 shots from the field in Wednesday night’s loss at Sacramento. But he made 15 of 23 shots against the Warriors. He made his first six shots, three of which were three-pointers.

With 7:41 left in the fourth quarter, Thompson made a 3-pointer that gave the Warriors a 113-101 lead. The Lakers then slowly began to come back.

James looked like he made a 3-pointer with 2:07 left to pull the Lakers within four points, but the basket was taken away by the replay center 17 seconds later because James’ foot was out of bounds.

There was a repeat review and a challenge on another play that went out of bounds. With 1:35 left, the shot clock stopped working.

The change put an end to the Lakers’ progress. They won the game when Curry stole the ball from James and threw it to Kuminga, who dunk it on his own to make the score 126–117.