LeBron James’ Lakers edge Steph Curry’s Warriors in instant classic
Austin Reaves scored the winning layup with one second left after Stephen Curry tied it on a 31-foot 3-pointer with seven seconds remaining, LeBron James had 31 points and 10 assists playing in his NBA-record 19th Christmas Day game, and the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Golden State Warriors 115-113 on Wednesday night.
OTTAWA — Defenceman Cole Hutson had five assists as United States opened its defence of its gold medal with a resounding 10-4 win over Germany on Thursday as the 2025 world junior hockey championship got underway.
James Hagens had two goals and two assists while Gabe Perreault and Brodie Ziemer also scored twice for the Americans, who are considered among the favourites in Ottawa.
Trevor Connelly, Brandon Svoboda, Carey Terrance and Cole Eiserman also scored for the Americans.
Julius Sumpf, David Lewandowski, Lenny Boos and Timo Ruckdaschel scored for Germany.
Trey Augustine made 18 saves for the U.S., while a busy Nico Pertuch stopped 46 shots.
Germany next plays Finland on Friday, while the U.S. has a day off before facing Latvia on Saturday.