Golden State Warriors recorded their 42nd victory of the season after winning 127-107 points against the visiting team of Dallas Mavericks. So, the champions have already recorded a balance of 42 victories and just 4 defeats. This achievement is better than the Chicago Bulls’ record of the 1995/95 season, when Michael Jordan’s team eventually finished with a record of 72 wins and 10 losses.
The champions were leading comfortably 32-22 at the end of the first quarter and this gave them the needed confidence to keep on going. Even though Dallas played well in the second quarter (26-24), they couldn’t turn things around. Everything was decided in the third quarter (39-29), when the advantage of Golden State became 18 points and despite of Dallas Mavericks’ efforts, The Warriors recorded another great victory. That was the 22nd success for Golden State of 22 matches at “Oracle Arena” this season (40 consecutive wins in total). That was the Warriors’ sixth consecutive home victory over Dallas Mavericks.
The best player for the victory of Golden State Warriors was Klay Thompson, who scored 45 points, 26 of which were scored in the first half, and finished with 5 rebounds, which is a record for him this season. And he did it in just 31 minutes. Thompson’s shooting was really impressive (14 of 20 – 7 of 12 for three points and 10 of 10 free throws). That was his second 40-points game of the season. Stephen Curry added 14 points and made 9 assists, while Harrison Barnes finished with 13 for the champions. Golden State were leading in the score from the very first minute until the end of the match.
“It was nice to see the ball go in a lot. I felt like I was due for a game like that the last couple weeks,” the hero, Klay Thompson, said after the game. “That’s ridiculous. I can’t believe that, that’s a lot of wins. We love to protect this home court. The fans deserve it,” added the top scorer of the match.
Chandler Parsons scored 23 points for Dallas Mavericks, while his teammate J. J. Barea finished with 14. Dirk Nowitzki didn’t take part in the match, because he took a night off. The German player secured the victory against LA Lakers in the previous Dallas’ match and deserved his resting time.
Dallas Mavericks will host Brooklyn in their next match, while Golden State Warriors will have to visit Philadelphia in the next round.
