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NBA Recap: Golden State Warriors Crush Dallas Mavericks, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson Score Combined 70 Points

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(Photo : gettyimages.com) The Dubs' Splash Brothers had a combined 70 points and connected 16 of the 22 made three-pointers to lead the Warriors to their 62nd triumph in 68 games played this season.

The Golden State Warriors continue to demonstrate their dominance of the league by smashing the Dallas Mavericks with a 130-112 victory at the American Airlines Center on Friday evening.

The Dubs' Splash Brothers had a combined 70 points and connected 16 of the 22 made three-pointers to lead the Warriors to their 62nd triumph in 68 games played this season.

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Klay Thompson dropped a game-high 39 points and Stephen Curry had 31 with 10 assists. Starting forwards Harrison Barnes and Draymond Green chipped in with 20 and 15 points, respectively.

The win is good preparation for the Golden State as they will be facing next the league's second leading team and equally dominant club San Antonio Spurs.

At 62-6 standing, the defending NBA champions have won seven consecutive contests are currently two games in the lead of Chicago's pace when the Michael Jordan-led Bulls set the NBA record with 72 wins in 1995-96,.

"A lot of talk about this record," Curry, who went 12 for 26 from the field and made 6 for 12 from beyond the arc, said. "It's there and we want to get there and do it the right way, but our mission from New Year's and even after the All-Star break was to continue to get better and reach our stride as we move toward the playoffs. I believe we're on that trend."

The match was mostly controlled by the Warriors. They capped the first half of the game leading by 73-67 and made a 21-18 run in the third quarter to stretch their lead to nine points 94-85 going into the final period of the game.

In the fourth quarter, the Warriors stormed Dallas with six three-pointers, with Thompson hitting four of his ten made three-point shots during the game. The Golden State stages a 36-27 run in the final quarter to take home the victory.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 34 points for the Mavericks, who dropped to 34-35.

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