Stephen Curry scored 37 points and Brandin Podziemski added 28 with a career-high eight 3-pointers as visiting the Golden State Warriors gained a game on the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference playoff race with a 123-116 win on Thursday night.

We're only going to get so many more of these entertaining showdowns between Stephen Curry and LeBron James. We need to savor them. Although we could get six or seven more in the first round of the West playoffs in a 4/5 matchup — and if Thursday night was any indication,

The matchup between Stephen Curry and LeBron James has been one of the best rivalries in the NBA over the last decade, and it's just as good now that the two are in the late stages of their career. Ultimately, Curry won the battle this time.