The Golden State Warriors defeated the Dallas Mavericks 112 - 87 Tuesday at American Airlines Center. Despite playing their second game in a row and their third game in four days, the Warriors (57 - 14) had very little problem handling the Mavericks (30 - 40) on Tuesday night. Dallas managed to keep it close for 12 minutes, holding a two - point lead after the end of the first quarter. But from there, Golden State managed to blow the game wide open, outscoring the Mavericks by 27 points over the next 36 minutes of game time. The Warriors were led by Klay Thompson, who scored a game - high 23 points on 9 - of - 15 shooting, while Steph Curry added 17 points, nine assists and five rebounds of his own. Ian Clark put together a great performance off the bench as well, scoring 18 points on 8 - of - 16 shooting. As a team, Golden State shot a very effective 55 percent from the field and 41 percent from long range. The Mavericks, on the other hand, were not as fortunate with their shooting, as they shot just 35 percent from the field overall, and despite shooting 14 more shots than Golden State, they made 10 less. They were led by 16 points and nine rebounds from Dirk Nowitzki, with Nerlens Noel scoring an efficient 14 points in 17 minutes to go along with seven rebounds off the bench. But overall, it was a forgettable offensive night for Dallas, who, with the loss, are now three games behind the Nuggets for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
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 "TeamStat(G,'Warriors') has 55 Percentage of field goals ,has 14 Losses ,has 112 Total points ,has 57 Points in 4th quarter ."]