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 Stephen Curry had a game-high 27 points and the Warriors (70-9)
held the Spurs (65-13) to 19 field goals in the first 30 minutes of
the first-ever regular-season meeting of teams with 65 or more wins.
Andrew Bogut had 11 rebounds and Harrison Barnes eight as the
Warriors dominated the boards to the tune of 43-32 en route to
becoming just the second team in NBA history to win 70 games in the
regular season.
Golden State now needs two victories in its last three games to tie
the all-time wins record set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, who went
72-10. A three-game sweep of the remaining games would give the
Warriors the record.
Hawks 95, Raptors 87
ATLANTA -- Jeff Teague converted a late three-point play and
finished with 23 points as Atlanta defeated Toronto to remain a
half-game ahead of the Miami Heat for third place in the Eastern
Conference.
Paul Millsap had 13 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots for
Atlanta, while Al Horford and reserves Tim Hardaway Jr. and Mike
Scott each scored 11 points.
 Toronto, the Atlantic Division champion, had won the first three
games against the Hawks this season and seven of the previous eight
meetings. Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan each had 16 points to lead
the Raptors, but their combined total was 13 points below their
average.
Heat 106, Bulls 98
MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade scored 21 points as Miami improved its playoff
positioning with a victory over Chicago.
Goran Dragic and Hassan Whiteside each had 16 points and 12 rebounds
for the Heat (46-32), who moved into a tie for fourth in the Eastern
Conference with Boston.
The Bulls (39-40), who have three games left, fell three games
behind Detroit in the battle for the final playoff spot in the East.
If they fall short, it would mark the first time since 2008 that the
Bulls have missed the postseason.
The Bulls were powered by Pau Gasol, who had 21 points and 12
rebounds, Jimmy Butler (25 points) and Derrick Rose (17 points).
Suns 124, Rockets 115
HOUSTON -- P.J. Tucker and Mirza Teletovic shared the offensive load
and Phoenix dealt a severe blow to Houston's fading postseason
hopes.
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Tucker finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds while Teletovic added
26 points off the bench. Tyson Chandler scored 21 points and grabbed
10 rebounds, and it was his dunk that capped a late 12-0 run for the
Suns (21-58), who snapped a seven-game slide.
James Harden paced the Rockets (38-41) with 30 points and dished out
seven assists while Trevor Ariza chipped in 22 points. The Rockets,
who are 1 1/2 games behind Utah for eighth in the Western
Conference, lost for the seventh time in 10 games.
Timberwolves 105, Kings 97
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gorgui Dieng, Zach LaVine and Nemanja Bjelica
each scored 18 points, and Minnesota put on a fourth-quarter spurt
to beat Sacramento.
Bjelica's total was a career-best and helped Minnesota back up its
victory on the road against the defending NBA champion Golden State
Warriors with a solid win over one of the league's worst teams. The
Kings (31-48) followed up a three-game home winning streak with
three straight losses in their building and will miss the playoffs
for the 10th straight season.
Rookie of the Year favorite Karl-Anthony Towns added 17 points and
10 rebounds for the Minnesota (27-52). Timberwolves forward Shabazz
Muhammad, who scored a career-high 35 points against Golden State,
finished with 10 points and two rebounds and made only 3 of 10 shots
from the field.
The Kings decided to rest scoring leader DeMarcus Cousins and NBA
assists leader Rajon Rondo. They are 1-2 in the three games both
have sat out this month and 5-17 when one of them misses a contest.
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