Curry, Thompson lead Warriors past Mavs

DALLAS — Stephen Curry had several dazzling plays on his way to 31 points, fellow “Splash Brother” Klay Thompson scored 39 and the Golden State Warriors tuned up for a showdown in San Antonio with a 130-112 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday.

Among a number of displays that drew roars from the Dallas crowd, Curry stole the ball from Dirk Nowitzki near midcourt before hitting a 35-footer over him at the first-quarter buzzer. He then glanced a 3-pointer off the glass from the corner with Nowitzki in his face again in the second quarter.

The Warriors made 14 of their first 17 from long range, finished 22 of 38 and won their seventh straight. Now they try to tackle the NBA’s longest losing streak on another team’s court — 32 straight at the Spurs going back to February 14, 1997.

The Warriors (62-6) have won seven straight and are now two games ahead of Chicago’s pace when the Bulls set the NBA record with 72 wins in 1995-96, while the Spurs (58-10) have won 43 straight on their home floor.

“Right now, by NBA standards, this is bigger than the Rolling Stones on tour,” Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. “Wherever they go, there’s a mass of people and a huge following.”

In other games, Kyrie Irving scored 26 points and LeBron James had 18, including a lay-up and pair of free throws down the stretch, to help Cleveland hold off Orlando 109-103 and clinch a play-off spot.

Channing Frye came off the bench to make four 3-pointers and score 14 against his former team as the Cavs beat the Magic for the 14th consecutive time. A rested James returned to the line-up after taking off Wednesday’s home victory over Dallas and finished 6-of-15 shooting with eight assists and seven rebounds.

Victor Oladipo had a career-high 45 points for Orlando, but only scored six in the fourth quarter.

Russell Westbrook recorded his league-leading 13th triple-double with 20 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, and Kevin Durant had 26 points and 13 boards to lead Oklahoma City to a 111-97 victory over Philadelphia.

Westbrook’s 13 triple-doubles tie Grant Hill (1996-97) and Jason Kidd (2007-08) for the most in a season over the last 25 years.

Enes Kanter contributed 16 points for the Thunder, who also clinched a play-off spot with the win.

In Toronto, Kyle Lowry scored 32 points and Luis Scola had all of his 17 in the first quarter as the Raptors beat Boston 105-91.

Lowry was 9 for 14 from the field, including 5 for 8 from 3-point range, and Toronto led the entire way in their third straight victory.

Isaiah Thomas scored 20 points for Boston, who matched a season worst with their fourth straight loss.

Damian Lillard was knocked to the floor by a vicious Kendrick Perkins forearm, but recovered to score 33 points and lead Portland to a 117-112 victory over New Orleans.

Perkins’ hit put Lillard flat on his back and resulted in some brief shoving, as well as Perkins’ ejection. The dust-up enlivened the Pelicans, who fought back from a 20-point deficit and briefly held slim leads in the final minutes until C.J. McCollum, who had 30 points, hit a 3 to put Portland ahead for good with a minute left.

New Orleans’ Anthony Davis sat out the second half with a left knee injury, the severity of which was unclear.

Elsewhere, Detroit pulled into a virtual tie with Chicago for the last play-off spot in the Eastern Conference by beating Sacramento at home 115-108. Marcus Morris scored 20 of his 24 points in the first half.

James Harden had 29 points and 14 assists as Houston beat Minnesota 116-111, and Phoenix held on for a 95-90 win over the Los Angeles Lakers after nearly blowing a 19-point lead.