OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson combined for three 3-pointers in the final 58 seconds of the second quarter Wednesday night, helping the Golden State Warriors break open a close game and pull away from the Utah Jazz en route to a 115-94 victory.
Curry (three) and Thompson (five) combined for eight 3-pointers in the game, giving them an even 500 for the season, as the Warriors (57-6) won their 27th in a row at home this season and 46th straight at Oracle Arena dating back to last January.
The overall home winning streak is an ongoing NBA record.
Curry finished with just 12 points, but Thompson poured in 23, Draymond Green had 17 and center Marreese Speights came off the bench to provide an additional 16, helping Golden State clinch a season-series win over the Jazz this season with a third consecutive win.
Despite playing for a second consecutive night, Utah (29-35) hung tight for the first 23 minutes before Golden State’s last-minute flurry in the first half created the game’s first double-digit margin.
Curry, who entered the game having made at least one 3-pointer in a record 132 straight games, missed his first four attempts from beyond the arc until finally connecting nearly 21 minutes into the game.
Meanwhile, the Warriors struggled to retain a 43-41 lead into the final minute of the first half before Curry connected from 26 feet and Thompson from 29 feet in a six-point flurry that quickly ballooned the lead to eight.
After Joe Ingles missed a 3-point attempt at the Utah end with 6.2 seconds left in the half, Curry grabbed the rebound, headed toward midcourt and let fly with from just beyond the line. The shot banked in, sending the home crowd into a frenzy and capping the 9-0 run that produced a 52-41 advantage.
The Warriors went on to earn a 10th win in their past 11 meetings with the Jazz, but it was a struggle for the better part of three quarters. In fact, the frustration of their early difficulties boiled over into technical fouls on Andrew Bogut, Curry and Andre Iguodala.
Golden State finally put the Jazz at arm’s length with another quarter-ending run, this one in the third period.
Utah was within 68-59 before Warriors backup guard Leandro Barbosa had seven points and Speights five in a 13-4 spurt to close the third quarter and create an 18-point cushion entering the final period.
Curry’s 12-point total was his second lowest of the season. He did, however, find time to complete a double-double with 10 assists.
Green complemented his 17 points with seven rebounds, five assists, three blocked shots and two steals.
Backup guard Trey Burke hit eight straight free throws to highlight an 18-point night for the Jazz, who have lost seven of eight after a 28-28 start.
Utah fell three games behind the Houston Rockets (32-32) in the race for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Gordon Hayward added 16 points, but missed 10 of his 15 shots as the Jazz shot just 40.5 percent from the field. The Warriors, meanwhile, connected at a 57.1 percent clip.
Derrick Favors (11) and Trey Lyles (11) also scored in double figures for the Jazz, who were coming off a 91-84 home loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night. Center Rudy Gobert led all rebounders with 15 to go with nine points.
NOTES: Warriors PG Stephen Curry and SG Klay Thompson set the record for most 3-pointers by teammates in a single season with 525 last year. … The Warriors welcomed back reserve SF Andre Iguodala (tightness in left hamstring), who missed three of the team’s previous four games. … Asked before the game what it meant to have Iguodala available, Warriors coach Steve Kerr noted, “It’s probably not a coincidence that our turnovers are up the last couple of games without him.” … The Jazz played without SG Rodney Hood (sore back), who ranks second on the team in starts with 61. The Rising Star Challenge participant on All-Star Weekend said he was bothered by a bad back since the break, and he shot just 26-for-78 (33.3 percent) in his past seven games. … The Jazz fell to 3-1 on the second night of home/road back-to-backs. They beat Denver, the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix under those circumstances earlier in the season.