ESPN.com · Dec 18, 2024
2024 NBA Cup: Live updates, highlights, more
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The NBA Cup group stage games continued Friday with the Golden State Warriors clinching their spot for the in-season tournament's knockout round.
With a 112-108 win over the eliminated New Orleans Pelicans (1-2), the Warriors are now 3-0 in West Group C. Andrew Wiggins scored 30 points with Stephen Curry contributing 19 in the victory at Smoothie King Center.
But the group's drama was in the Dallas Mavericks holding off the Denver Nuggets 123-120 in thrilling fashion. The win keeps the Mavs -- now at 2-1 in group play -- alive of advancing as a wild-card team while putting the Nuggets (1-2) on the brink of elimination.