The Golden State Warriors were pushed but managed to pull out a victory and the run for the record books continues.
Reigning league MVP Stephen Curry scored six of his game-high 31 points in overtime, and the Warriors escaped with a 102-96 victory over the feisty Utah Jazz on Wednesday for a franchise-record 68th win of the season. “Nothing went our way for most of the night but they kept fighting and that’s why they have this incredible record,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of the league-best 68-7 mark. “I love our competitive spirit, their incredible display of competition and fight night after night.”
Klay Thompson tossed in 18 points, Harrison Barnes had 15 while Draymond Greeen finished with 13 for the Warriors, who outscored their guests 14-7 in the extra session for their 13th win in the last 14 games. “Coming into this building you know you’re in for a fight,” Green said. “We’re not one to make excuses. We didn’t have it but we did enough to get the win.”
The defending NBA champions need to win five of their final seven games to break 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ all-time record of 72-10.  “We need to play every game like it’s our last,” Thompson said. “At the same time, we can’t look at 72 or 73 wins, we need to live in the present.”   
The Warriors trailed 82-74 midway through the fourth quarter but closed on a 15-7 run. Thompson’s 3-pointer, off a Shaun Livingston rebound squared it at 89-apiece with 15 seconds left. The Jazz had a chance to win it in regulation but Green blocked Mack’s shot.  
“Klay hit the big shot to get us to overtime and Draymond made a great defensive stop,” Kerr said. Knotted at 93-apiece, Curry took over in overtime, with six quick points, giving the Warriors a 99-93 lead. After forcing Gordon Hayward into a turnover, Curry assisted on Green’s thunderous dunk to seal the win. Hayward had 21 points, and Rodney Hood added 20 for the Jazz (37-38), which fell into a seventh place tie with Houston and  Dallas in the Western Conference play-off race. “Our guys competed their butts off,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. “We played so hard and played well. Give them credit. We gave them a second shot at it, and Klay Thompson knocks it down.”
Elsewhere:
•San Antonio Spurs 100, New Orleans Pelicans 92: Argentine Manu Ginobili scored 20 points, and the Spurs won an NBA-record 38th straight home game to start a season after beating the injury-decimated Pelicans (27-47). San Antonio (63-12) topped the 37-0 by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls during their record 72-10 season.
•LA Clippers 99, Minnesota Timberwolves 79: Chris Paul had 20 points, 16 assists and eight rebounds, and the visiting Clippers (47-27) crushed the Timberwolves (25-50) for their fourth consecutive victory.
•Dallas Mavericks 91, New York Knicks 89: J.J. Barea scored 26 points, including the go-ahead layup with 49.9 seconds left, and the Mavericks (37-38) edged the visiting Knicks. Carmelo Anthony scored 31 points for New York (30-50), which lost Spanish guard Jose Calderon to a quad injury in the first half.
•Milwaukee Bucks 105, Phoenix Suns 94: Khris Middleton scored nine of his 26 points with 7 ½ minutes left, and the Bucks (31-44) snapped a five-game slide after shading the visiting Suns (20-55).  
•Denver Nuggets 109, Memphis Grizzlies 105: Will Barton scored 25 points and the visiting Nuggets (32-44) held off the Grizzlies after nearly blowing a 20-point third quarter lead.  Zach Randolph topped Memphis (41-34) with 26 points.
•Toronto Raptors 105, Atlanta Hawks 97: DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points, Kyle Lowry had 17 with 11 assists, leading the Raptors (50-24) to a franchise-record 50th victory after clipping the visiting Hawks. Jeff Teague had 18 points for Atlanta (45-31), which had won its previous four games.
•Sacramento Kings 120, Washington Wizards 111: DeMarcus Cousins had 29 points, 10 rebounds, five steals and four blocks, and the Kings (30-45) dropped the visiting Wizards (36-39) three-and-a-half games out of the final play-off berth in the Eastern Conference.
•LA Lakers 102, Miami Heat 100: Julius Randle’s short tie-breaking hook shot with 1.9 seconds left in overtime lifted the lowly Lakers past the visiting Heat. Jordan Clarkson led the Lakers (16-59) with 26 points. Dwyane Wade topped Miami (43-31) also with a game-high 26.