NEW YORK (AFP) — Stephen Curry scored 60 points in a losing cause on Saturday as Dejounte Murray rescued the Atlanta Hawks in overtime for a 141-134 National Basketball Association triumph over Golden State.

Four-time NBA champion Curry made 22 of 38 shots from the floor, 10 of 23 from three-point range, and added six rebounds and four assists for the injury-hit Warriors.

"Steph was incredible," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "What a performance. I just feel so bad for him and for our guys because they are battling… Steph was sublime."

Curry was one shy of matching the NBA record for three-point attempts in a game and the 35-year-old guard joined the late Kobe Bryant as the only players over 35 to score 60 or more in an NBA game.

In another key game, LeBron James scored 24 points and Austin Reaves added 22 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 113-105 victory at New York, snapping the Knicks' nine-game win streak.

The Lakers outscored New York 33-19 in the fourth quarter to spoil a 36-point performance by Jalen Brunson.

"We just turned up our defensive intensity," James said of the late heroics. "We was really on point and on time with our doubles, with our hits, with our rotations.

"Jalen is playing at more than an All-Star level this year, so we know he's the head of the snake. We just tried to wear him down in the fourth quarter, keep him on multiple bodies, keep changing up defenses and I think that helped out a lot."