Klay Thompson buried three consecutive 3-pointers during a fourth-quarter flurry that finally allowed Golden State to pull away from Dallas, 112-97, for its season-high eighth straight victory.
The Mavericks led by as many as eight points in the first half and were still within 80-73 at the end of the third quarter before the defending champs took charge.
Kevin Durant's 36 points were tops for Golden State, which beat the Mavericks for the eighth straight time overall and 10th in a row at home. Durant also had 11 rebounds and seven assists.7 points and 11 rebounds.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 18 points and Harrison Barnes had 16 for Dallas, which had held its previous 10 opponents to an average of 97.8 points.
Timberwolves 119, Kings 96
Karl-Anthony Towns had 30 points, 14 rebounds and a season-high five blocks as Minnesota coasted past Sacramento.
Andrew Wiggins followed up a rough shooting night two nights earlier to score 22 points for the Wolves on 9-of-17 shooting. Jimmy Butler chipped in 21 for Minnesota, which has won three of its last four games.
Towns scored 27 of his 30 points in the first three quarters. George Hill scored 16 points while Zach Randolph had 15 points and nine rebounds for Sacramento.
Pistons 105, Hawks 91
Detroit used a near triple-double by Andre Drummond and some improved 3-point shooting to snap its seven-game losing streak.
Drummond had 19 rebounds to go with 12 points and nine assists, and the Pistons made 13 of 30 shots from behind the arc in their victory over Atlanta. Tobias Harris had 19 points for the Pistons, Avery Bradley scored 18 and Langston Galloway contributed 17 off the bench, making 5 of 8 3-point attempts.
Ersan Ilyasova led the Hawks with 23 points, 12 of them coming in the first quarter. He made 10 of 14 shots.
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