Warriors 127, Mavericks 107


Jan 27, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) attempts a shot over Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell (7) and guard Wesley Matthews (23) in the fourth quarter at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Mavericks 127-107. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 27, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) attempts a shot over Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell (7) and guard Wesley Matthews (23) in the fourth quarter at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Mavericks 127-107. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors extracted a small measure of revenge against the team that dealt them their worst loss of the season.

Riding a third-quarter surge and shooting guard Klay Thompson’s season-high 45 points, Golden State cruised to a 127-107 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.

Thompson connected on seven 3-pointers and 14 of 20 shots in all as the Warriors (42-4) turned the tables on the Mavericks, who took advantage of point guard Stephen Curry’s absence to thump Golden State 114-91 at Dallas on Dec. 30.

This time it was the Mavericks who were short-handed, with veteran power forward Dirk Nowitzki given the night off to rest after having hit the game-winning shot Tuesday in a 92-90 road win against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Even without Nowitzki, the Mavericks (26-22) clung within 65-64 on a 3-pointer by forward Chandler Parsons with 7:35 left in the third period. Curry then tossed in consecutive threes to ignite a 30-point flurry by the Warriors the rest of the quarter.

Another 3-pointer by Parsons, the Mavericks’ leading scorer with 23 points, had Dallas within 73-70 with 5:25 left in the third.

However, power forward Draymond Green had seven points, including a 3-pointer, in a 10-2 Warriors burst that opened a double-digit lead at 83-72 and got Golden State rolling toward a comfortable finish.

Warriors backup forward Brandon Rush got into the act late in the quarter with a trey, helping Golden State extend its advantage to 95-77 by period’s end.

The Warriors’ fifth consecutive win was also their 40th in a row at home dating back to last season. They are 22-0 at Oracle Arena this season.

Curry finished with 14 points and nine assists for the Warriors, who have won six in a row at home against Dallas.

Golden State recorded 33 assists, its fifth consecutive game with at least 30. The last team to achieve that feat had been Dallas in 1995.

Small forward Harrison Barnes (13 points) and Green (10) also scored in double figures for the Warriors, who shot 58 percent overall and hit 14 of 29 3-point attempts.

Parsons had four 3-pointers in a 23-point, seven-rebound night for the Mavericks, who were wrapping up a three-game trip by playing a second game in two days.

Backups J.J. Barea (14 points) and Dwight Powell (11) also scored in double figures for Dallas, as did starting guards Raymond Felton and Deron Williams with 12 apiece.

The Mavericks lost despite shooting 50.6 percent from the field.

The Warriors, who won their four previous games by an average of 26.8 points, appeared destined for another runaway victory when Thompson bombed in 12 of his 45 points in the first 5:40 of the game, propelling Golden State to a 20-6 lead.

But the Mavericks, getting 12 points from Parsons and a combined 14 from Barea and Powell, chipped away at the deficit, closing within 32-22 by first quarter’s end and 46-44 on a 3-pointer by Parsons with 3:30 left in the half.

However, Thompson bombed in four more hoops, including a pair of 3-pointers, helping the Warriors stretch out their advantage to 56-48 at halftime.

NOTES: The NBA announced Wednesday that San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich will coach the West team in the All-Star Game because the coach with the best record, Golden State’s Steve Kerr, earned the honor last year and thus is ineligible. The Warriors had hoped Luke Walton, who served as interim coach for 43 games (39-4 record) while Kerr recovered from back surgery, would get the nod, but the NBA ruled that those wins go on Kerr’s record, not Walton’s. … Mavericks PF Dwight Powell was selected to participate in the Rising Stars Challenge on All-Star weekend. The second-year pro, a native of Canada, was named to the World Team. … Wednesday’s game was played on the one-year anniversary of the Warriors’ last home loss, 113-111 in overtime against the Chicago Bulls. … The Mavericks were without C Zaza Pachulia (sore right leg). … Dallas fell to 3-2 in games PF Dirk Nowitzki missed this season.