OAKLAND, Calif. -- For the second consecutive game, the Golden State Warriors made history using the 3-ball.
On Sunday against the New Orleans Pelicans, it was Stephen Curry and his NBA-record 13 3-pointers. On Wednesday, hosting the Dallas Mavericks, the Warriors made NBA history again by way of four players connecting on at least four 3s that anchored a 116-95 victory at Oracle Arena.
"The ball was moving," Curry said in reference to the Warriors' 33 assists that aided in the team's 17 3-pointers. "We knew tonight if we got off to a good start, we would be in good shape."
Curry scored 24 points and was 4-of-8 from beyond the arc, Kevin Durant was 4-of-7 from deep, Klay Thompson hit 4-of-7 from outside and unexpectedly Draymond Green drained four of his six 3-point attempts. Entering the game, Green -- who ended the evening with 16 points and 10 boards -- had knocked down only four 3s through the first seven games.
"Draymond is going to be a streaky 3-point shooter," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "When I say streaky, I'm not just talking about making them but taking them. One night he feels it and some nights he doesn't. He feels out the game so well."
Thompson, who struggled to start the season, registered 20 points on 8-of-13 from the field. He made his first seven shots with four of those being 3-pointers. In the first six games of the season, the shooting guard shot the 3 at a 19.6 percent rate. But the past two games he's hitting 43 percent of them.
"That's what we expected," Curry said of his backcourt mate. "[Improvement] is going to continue as we go through the season. Nobody is really worried about Klay and him shooting the ball. That's what he does. He wakes up and he shoots the ball."
Golden State made 14 triples by halftime. They were on pace to threaten the Cleveland Cavaliers' NBA record of 25 3s in a game against the Atlanta Hawks on May, 5, 2016. However, the Warriors went only 3-of-13 from long range the rest of the way.
Durant recorded a game-high of 28 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. He said during the heat of battle, it didn't appear to him that they were in store for a historical 3-point night.
"You don't really notice until after the game," he said. "You're kind of just lost in the moment. [We just tried] to generate good shots and I think we did that tonight."
