MIAMI — Point guard Stephen Curry scored 42 points and shooting guard Klay Thompson added 33 points as the Golden State Warriors rallied to defeat the Miami Heat 118-112 on Wednesday night at AmericanAirlines Arena.
Thompson had a streak of 15 straight Warriors points in the fourth quarter. Curry added seven assists and seven rebounds.
The Warriors (51-5), the quickest team to 50 wins in NBA history, also got 10 points and 11 rebounds from forward Draymond Green. Golden State is 14-1 in its past 15 games.
Miami (32-25) was led by guard Dwyane Wade’s 32 points, his second 30-plus game this season. The Heat also got 21 points and 13 rebounds from center Hassan Whiteside and a career-high 15 points from guard Josh Richardson.
The Heat had its three-game win streak snapped.
Miami led 30-21 after the first quarter. The advantage would have been much greater if not for Curry, who scored 14 points, including a 35-footer that beat the first-quarter buzzer.
Wade and Whiteside each shot 5-of-5 in the first quarter, and the Heat was accurate on 56.0 percent from the floor.
Golden State cut its deficit to 55-51 at halftime. The Warriors got 10 second-quarter points from Thompson and improved their shooting from 34.8 percent in the first period to 50.0 percent at the half.
There were just two lead changes in the first two quarters but eight in the third. Curry scored 14 points in the third as Golden State again cut into Miami’s lead. The Heat, though, held an 83-80 advantage heading into the fourth.
NOTES: Heat backup PG Beno Udrih is out for the season due to right foot surgery. With F Chris Bosh (blood clots) and G Tyler Johnson (left shoulder) out long-term, Miami is down to 10 healthy players. … Heat C Hassan Whiteside and Warriors F Draymond Green have engaged in a Twitter war over the past several months. Green, in essence, said he had more money than Whiteside and said his rival is a D-League player. … The Warriors entered Wednesday leading the league in scoring, assists, defensive rebounding, 2-point shooting percentage and 3-point shooting percentage. … When C Anderson Varejao signed with the Warriors on Monday, he gave Golden State two of the top three Brazilian-born scorers in NBA history. Washington Wizards F Nene is No. 1 in that category, Warriors G Leandro Barbosa is second and Varejao is third.