Warriors easily handle Suns in 138-109 win

OAKLAND - Stephen Curry scored 20 of his 31 points in the third quarter and the Golden State Warriors ran their NBA-record streak of regular season games without consecutive losses to 106 by beating the Phoenix Suns 138-109 on Saturday night.

“It’s an incredible mark of consistency,” said coach Steve Kerr, who spoke in depth before the game about his admission to using marijuana for chronic back pain .

Curry hit five 3-pointers and Klay Thompson added 26 points and a season-high six 3s. Kevin Durant had 20 points and eight assists and Draymond Green a season-best 13 assists to go with nine points for Golden State, which hasn’t lost back-to-back games during the regular season since April 2015 to San Antonio and New Orleans during its championship season.

The Warriors beat Phoenix for the 10th consecutive time, the longest winning streak by either team in the series, and 11th in a row at home.

Eric Bledsoe scored 13 of his 27 points in the second quarter and Devin Booker had 21 points for the Suns, who had no answer for Golden State’s 62.8-percent shooting and a 66.7-percent clip from long range (14 of 21).

Golden State has three 20-point scorers in four consecutive games for the first time since Feb 10-21, 2009.

The Warriors bounced back from a wild double-overtime defeat to Houston on Thursday night that snapped their 12-game winning streak - tied for third-longest in franchise history. The Warriors’ two losses at Oracle Arena already match their total regular season losses at Oakland in each of the past two seasons.

Warriors forward David West reached double-digit scoring for the first time with 10 points and JaVale McGee had 11 off the bench, helping Golden State follow a defeat with a victory for the 13th time in such scenarios.

This marked the third meeting of the season already for the rivals, and now they won’t play again until April. Golden State led by 21 in the second quarter before Bledsoe’s 3 with 39.5 seconds left in the first half got Phoenix within 64-57. Golden State led 66-57 at the break.