LOS ANGELES — Stephen Curry tallied a game high 33 points as the Golden State Warriors defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106 Thursday to tie the NBA record for consecutive home wins.
The Warriors’ second win over the Thunder in six days was their 44th straight at Oracle Arena as they equaled the record set by the Chicago Bulls from March 1995 to April 1996.
“This is special. We have been dominant here at home,” said Curry.
The win also capped a three-game, season-series sweep for the Warriors over the Thunder. That streak includes a 121-118 Warriors’ overtime victory at Oklahoma City Saturday.
In similar fashion, the Thunder held another fourth-quarter lead before Golden State, which has recorded the best record in NBA history through 59 games, came from behind.
Curry drained five of 15 shots from beyond the arc as almost half of his points came from three pointers.
“I was a little rusty,” he said. “I didn’t shoot particularly well but my teammates told me on the bench to keep shooting.”
The Warriors have now won seven in a row. They trailed by as many as nine in the third quarter and were down 83-82 entering the final period. They took the lead for good on backup guard Shaun Livingston’s two free throws in the first minute of the final quarter.
“Our second unit got us off to a fourth quarter lead and they turned the momentum in our favor,” Curry said.
Spurs 94, Pelicans 86
Forward Kawhi Leonard scored a game-high 30 points and forward LaMarcus Aldridge added 26 while sparking a 16-2 run in the final 4:12 to lift the San Antonio Spurs to a 94-86 comeback victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.
New Orleans led 84-78 with 4:29 remaining when forward Dante Cunningham hit a wide open 3-pointer from the right baseline. Aldridge scored six of the Spurs’ next eight points, and Leonard’s 15-footer from the right baseline tied the game at 86 with 2:37 left.
Heat 108, Suns 92
Dwyane Wade scored 27 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 108-92 victory over the Phoenix Suns.
Goran Dragic finished with 25 points and Luol Deng scored 12 points for the Heat, who improved to 6-2 since the All-Star break.
Kings 104, Mavericks 101
DeMarcus Cousins and Rajon Rondo each recorded double-doubles and the Sacramento Kings won for the first time in Dallas in more than 13 years with a 104-101 victory Thursday at American Airlines Center.
Cousins, who had 22 points, 13 rebounds and five assists, was 13 years old the last time the Kings won on Dallas’ home floor Feb. 27, 2003. Rondo, who finished with 18 points, 12 assists and three steals, was still three years removed from his NBA debut with the Boston Celtics. — Agencies
