The ‘Splash Brothers’ were on target early and often, and the Golden State Warriors avenged their worst loss of the season. Klay Thompson dropped in 37 points, Stephen Curry had 34 and combined for 15 three-pointers, as the Warriors extended their record-setting home winning streak to 47 - 29-0 this season - with a 128-112 domination of the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday.
“We were both on fire not settling for good shots but great shots,” said Thompson. “When that happens we’re a tough team to beat.”
The defending league champions got a measure of payback after being dealt a 137-105 drubbing on February 19 at Portland. “You want to have a short-term memory in this league but they gave us our worst-beating of the season,” Thompson said. “We wanted to show them what a great team we are at home and redeem ourselves.”
Draymond Green collected 17 points, 13 rebounds and as many assists as the Warriors (58-6), matched a season-low with eight turnovers in the beat-down. “Our focus and ball movement were great, and when you don’t have many turnovers you tend to defend better,” Warriors coach Steve Kerrr said. “For the most part our defence was really good.”  
Thompson hit seven three-pointers and Curry connected on four from behind the arc en route to 23 points apiece, as the Warriors shot a sizzling 58.7 per cent from the field en route to a season-high 81-61 halftime cushion. “From the start, Klay came out blazing, not so much me and we fed off that,” Curry said. “It was a huge pick-up.”
Golden State kept its foot on the pedal and led by as many as 32 in the third quarter and never allowed the lead to dip below 14.  CJ McCollum led Portland (34-32) with 18 points, while Damian Lillard had just 17 on 5-of-19 shooting after torching the Warriors for a career-high 51 points in the last meeting. The Warriors (18) and Blazers (19) combined for 37 3-pointers, the most by two teams in an NBA game.

Elsewhere
Minnesota Timberwolves 99,
Oklahoma City Thunder 96
Spaniard Ricky Rubio had 13 points, 12 assists and the game-winning triple with two-tenths of a second left, as the lowly Timberwolves (21-43) stunned the Thunder. Kevin Durant scored 28 points to lead Oklahoma City (44-21), while Russell Westbrook had 26.

Miami Heat 118, Chicago Bulls 96
Slovenian Goran Dragic scored a season-high 26 points and rookie reserve Josh Richardson added a 16 of his career-high 22 in the decisive 34-15 fourth quarter, leading the visiting Heat (38-27) over the Bulls  for their sixth win in seven games  Spaniard Pau Gasol had 17 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists Bulls (32-22), playing without starters Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler.
LA Clippers 101, New York Knicks 94
Chris Paul had 24 points with 15 assists, DeAndre Jordan grabbed 19 rebounds, and the Clippers (42-22) beat the visiting Knicks for the eighth straight time.
Latvian Kristaps Porzingis scored 23 points to pace the struggling Knicks (27-40), who dropped to 5-18 since January 22.

Charlotte Hornets 118, Detroit Pistons 103
Marvin Williams had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and the Hornets (36-28) handled the visiting Pistons for their sixth straight victory.  Detroit (33-32) was led by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s 24 points.
Houston Rockets 102,
Boston Celtics 98
James Harden dropped in 32 points, including Houston’s final eight, and the Rockets snapped the Celtics’ 14-game home winning streak. Isaiah Thomas scored 30 points to pace the Celtics (39-27), who lost at home for the first time since January 6.

Memphis Grizzlies 121,
New Orleans Pelicans 114 (OT)
Lance Stephenson scored a career-high 33 points, Matt Barnes had his first career triple-double, with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, leading the Grizzlies (39-26) past the visiting Pelicans.
Jrue Holiday tossed in 34 points while Anthony Davis had 25 with 13 rebounds for the Pelicans (22-40), who were outscored 22-15 in the extra session.

Philadelphia 76ers 95,
Brooklyn Nets 89
Carl Landry scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half, and the league-worst Sixers (9-56) snapped a 13-game slide after clipping the road-weary Nets.
Sixers Robert Covington was carried off on a stretcher early in the third quarter with a possible neck injury, after colliding with teammate Jerami Grant under the basket.
Brook Lopez scored 24 points for the Nets (18-47), who finished 3-6 on their road trip.

Utah Jazz 114,
Washington Wizards 93
Shelvin Mack scored a career-high 27 points and the Jazz (30-35) ended a two-game slide after drumming the visiting Wizards (30-34), led by John Wall’s 24 points.

Orlando Magic 107,
Sacramento Kings 100
Aaron Gordon had 20 points with 11 rebounds, and the visiting Magic (28-36) took advantage of the absence of suspended All-Star centre DeMarcus Cousins for one game, to beat the Kings (25-39).