FINAL RECAP WITH HIGHLIGHTS: Klay Scores 17 Of 29 Points In 3rd, Warriors (29-5) Fend Off Dallas Mavericks (10-24), 108-99

ORACLE ARENA, OAKLAND, CA — This is a continuation of the halftime recap of the Dallas Mavericks at the Golden State Warriors.

The Warriors held a 59-48 lead at halftime.

Q3: Klay Catches Fire

Golden State got off to a strong start in the second half, while it looked like playing on the second night of a back-to-back had caught up to Dallas.

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson drilled threes out of the gate…

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…and Harrison Barnes did well to answer the call, hitting a jumper and getting a bucket at the rim…

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…as Kevin Durant ended up blocking his attack into the hoop.

Draymond Green got a lob from Durant…

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…and Mavs head coach Rick Carlisle called timeout as the Warriors moved out to a 71-54 lead.

Green had a slight blip on the timeline as he threw a terrible pass that led to a Wes Matthews three.

But Thompson stayed hot, got a dribble-and-pop, again from Durant, drew a foul on a drive against Dirk Nowitzki, then after KD fed Draymond for a dunk…

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…which gave Durant a triple-double…

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…Klay hit two threes in a row…

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…and Carlisle was forced to call timeout as the Warriors blew the game open, 85-60.

JaVale McGee came into the game and got two alley-oops, Matthews did what he could to keep the Mavericks from falling off a cliff, and Golden State took a 91-69 lead into the final frame.

Q4:

Ian Clark got a nice start to the fourth quarter, hitting two buckets, but the Mavs answered in the person of Dwight Powell, who hustled for rebounds and hit a couple jumpers.

After a Seth Curry “J”, the Warriors were still up 97-78, however.

Klay came back in an added an acrobatic layup on the catch from David West, scoring off the wrong foot, but Powell struck again with an offensive board and a fading jumper that trickled in, and with 5:56 remaining, the Mavs inched closer, down 102-86.

Out of the timeout, Powell continued his scoring spree, sandwiching a pull-up three off the dribble up-court from Thompson, with another bucket inside and a one-hand jam on a toss from third-string point guard Pierre Jackson.

Kevon Looney checked in, and Jackson contributed again, hitting an and-one layup with the foul on Andre Iguodala. The Mavs had stealthily crept back to a 106-93 score.

But approaching three minutes remaining, Iguodala atoned with a steal and two free throws.

However, Clark missed two tries, one of them a three, Justin Anderson blocked an attack by Shaun Livingston, and a Hammonds score at the rim, once again assisted by Jackson, pulled the Mavs to within 108-99.

Dallas was running out of time, though, and the score sat at that nine-point deficit until the final buzzer, as Klay — in the absence of his backup Patrick McCaw, who was out with flu-like symptoms — and Anderson traded misses.

The Warriors (29-5) will host the Nuggets in two nights, again at home.

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