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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Center Jermaine O'Neal's two free throws broke a tie with 1:23 to play and point guard Stephen Curry banked in a back-breaking 3-pointer with 37.2 seconds left as the Golden State Warriors held off the Brooklyn Nets 93-86 on Saturday night. In getting some revenge after losing 102-98 in Brooklyn on Jan. 8, the Warriors (34-22) ran their winning streak to three games and improved to 12 games above .500 for first time since finishing last season 47-35. After Nets backup big man Andray Blatche scored on a layup to offset two free throws by Warriors power forward Draymond Green for an 86-86 tie with 1:36 to play, O'Neal dropped in his two free throws -- in three attempts because of an Andrei Kirilenko lane violation -- for a two-point advantage with 1:23 to go. Curry's 3-pointer followed a miss by guard Joe Johnson and subsequent Nets turnover after Blatche had gathered the offensive rebound.
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