Los Angeles: Kevin Durant scored 24 points and Stephen Curry added 20 Thursday as the NBA champion Golden State Warriors snapped out of the doldrums with a 121-103 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
The Warriors had lost their last two games and three of their previous four.
They trailed Dallas by as many as 12 points, but took control in the second half to improve their league-leading record to 42-13.
Durant drained a three-pointer to cap an 8-2 run late in the third quarter that gave Golden State a 93-85 lead.
They turned it into a rout in the fourth, pushing the advantage to as many as 21 points.
The Boston Celtics maintained a one-game advantage over Toronto atop the East with a 110-104 overtime victory over the Wizards in Washington.
