Villanova product Eric Paschall capped a 23-point performance with a pair of go-ahead free throws with 51.7 seconds remaining on Saturday night, as the Golden State Warriors outscored the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 118-114 in San Francisco in a nationally televised game that featured more star power on the sidelines than on the court.
Damion Lee, a Drexel alum who is another of Golden State’s Philadelphia connection, had a game-high-tying 24 points, including a key three-point play with 1:40 to play that turned a one-point deficit into a two-point lead.
The Warriors learned during the day that Stephen Curry would be joining fellow former All-Star teammates Klay Thompson and Draymond Green out of action because of an illness. Curry had returned from a 58-game absence because of a broken left hand on Thursday.
Tobias Harris matched Lee’s point total with 24 for the 76ers, who likewise were without three injured starters — Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and Josh Richardson.
After the 76ers led most of the way, the game had three ties and five lead changes after Lee forged a 106-all deadlock with a floater with 3:42 to go.
Harris gave Philadelphia its last lead at 114-113 with a long 3-pointer with 1:31 remaining. But the 76ers, in losing for the fifth time in their last eight games, never scored again.
Meanwhile, Paschall’s free throws put Golden State up for good, after which Mychal Mulder finished off a season-best 18-point night by making 3 of 4 free throws.
The win snapped a 10-game home losing streak for the Warriors.
Seeking a second straight win in Northern California after winning 125-108 at Sacramento on Thursday, the 76ers scored the game’s first seven points and held the upper hand for most of the game’s first 44 minutes.
The visitors led by as many as seven in each of the first two periods, before taking their first double-digit advantage of the game on a three-point play by Glenn Robinson III with 1:59 left in the third quarter.
But the Warriors never lost touch, hanging within 90-82 at the end of the third before finally catching up at 106-all on Lee’s hoop with 3:42 to play.
All nine Warriors who saw action scored, including seven in double figures. Marquese Chriss had 13 points and a game-high-tying 10 rebounds, while also finding time for a career-high eight assists.
Al Horford collected 22 points, 10 rebounds and a team-high seven assists for the 76ers, who beat Golden State 115-104 in an earlier meeting in Philadelphia.


Cavs sweep season series
Kevin Love scored 27 points, Collin Sexton had 25 and the host Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 104-102 on Saturday night.
Cedi Osman added 20 points, Tristan Thompson had nine points and 13 rebounds, and Matthew Dellavedova had seven points and 14 assists for Cleveland, which swept the season series against the Nuggets and ended a four-game skid.
Will Barton scored 22 points, Gary Harris had 18 and Jamal Murray added 17 for Denver. Nikola Jokic had just eight points but added eight rebounds and eight assists.
The Cavaliers led by five early in the fourth but went cold for nearly five minutes, allowing Denver to go up 93-90. Sexton ended the drought with a pair of free throws with 5:50 left, and that started a 10-0 run that put Cleveland ahead 100-93 with 2:50 remaining. It was 104-99 after Love hit a shot, but Harris drained a corner 3-pointer to make it a two-point game with 41.3 seconds left. Thompson missed two free throws with 20 seconds to go, but Murray missed an 11-foot fadeaway at the buzzer that would have sent it to overtime.
The Cavaliers trailed 61-58 at halftime but grabbed their first lead in the opening minutes of the third quarter. Osman and Sexton scored five points each in the first 3:03 to give Cleveland a 72-67 lead. The Cavs enjoyed a six-point advantage after another 3-pointer from Osman.
Denver climbed within a point on a free throw by Harris with 4:16 left in the third, but the Cavaliers stretched the lead to 83-78 a minute later. Monte Morris’ floater in the final seconds of the period cut Cleveland’s lead to 85-83 heading into the fourth.
Michael Porter Jr.’s layup tied it on the first possession, but a 3-pointer by Love and a putback dunk from Larry Nance Jr made it 90-85 in favour of the Cavs.
The Nuggets led by as many as 11 in the first quarter and by three at intermission despite just six points from Jokic in the first half. Barton had 15 and Harris 12 in the first half to lead the way.