In beating the Clippers for the second time this season, Golden State (28-19) put a happy ending on a five-game homestand that had already featured losses to Indiana, Minnesota and Washington.
Power forward David Lee and All-Star point guard Stephen Curry led six Warriors in double figures with 22 points apiece as the Warriors got 29 points from the league's least productive bench in easily disposing of a tired Clippers squad.
Shooting guard Klay Thompson (16), center Andrew Bogut (14), backup big man Marreese Speights (12) and reserve forward Harrison Barnes (10) also scored in double figures for the Warriors, who flew to Utah after the game for a Friday night (Saturday, PHL time) matchup with the Jazz.
Bogut (17 rebounds) and Lee (11) both recorded double-doubles for Golden State.
The Clippers (33-16) won four in a row, but did so over a six-day stretch leading into Thursday's (Friday, PHL time) contest.
They had one big run in them in their fifth game in seven nights, cutting a 54-35 deficit to six at 62-56 shortly before halftime. Shooting guard JJ Redick had a pair of three-pointers in the comeback.
But the Clippers, down by eight at the half, came back from the break as flat as they were to start the game, watching Golden State run off to a 90-67 lead from which L.A. could not recover as it missed 14 of its 15 shots in the third period.
Redick had the Clippers' only basket of the quarter, a three-pointer that came 6:23 into the period. Getting six points from Lee, the Warriors had turned a 64-56 halftime advantage into an 80-58 blowout by that point.
All-Star power forward Blake Griffin had 27 points for the Clippers, who were coming off a 110-103 home win over Washington on Wednesday night (Thursday, PHL time). Griffin had 20 of his points in the first half.
Point guard Darren Collison added 22 points and Redick 12 on four three-pointers in the losing effort. Center DeAndre Jordan grabbed 20 rebounds to complement nine points.
The game featured none of the extracurriculars that marred Golden State's 105-103 home win over the Clippers on Christmas night. That contest had two ejections, two flagrant fouls and three technical fouls.
The Warriors never trailed in the game, jumping out to an 11-point lead in the first quarter behind a combined 16 points and 10 rebounds from frontcourt partners Lee and Bogut.
Golden State's reserves, led by Barnes, Speights and guard Jordan Crawford, contributed 18 second-quarter points as the Warriors built as much as a 19-point lead.
L.A. got as close as six before halftime, but never closer than eight in the second half. - Reuters
The scores:
Warriors 111 - Curry 22, Lee 22, Thompson 16, Bogut 14, Speights 12, Barnes 10, Iguodala 8, Crawford 5, Green 2, Bazemore 0, Brooks 0
Clippers 92 - Griffin 27, Collison 22, Redick 12, Jordan 9, Crawford 9, Dudley 4, Mullens 3, Green 2, Turkoglu 2, Hollins 2, Bullock 0
Los Angeles 21-35-11-25
Golden State 32-32-26-21
source: gmanetwork.com
