Durant, Curry lead Warriors over Nuggets

DENVER — Kevin Durant scored 25 points, Stephen Curry had 22 and the Golden State Warriors rode a big third quarter to a 127-108 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.

Klay Thompson and Draymond Green added 15 points apiece for the Warriors. They have won six of their last seven, including all three during their just concluded trip.

Will Barton had 21 points off the bench to lead the Nuggets. None of Denver’s starters reached double figures in scoring.

TIMBERWOLVES 112, MAVERICKS 99

In Minneapolis, Karl-Anthony Towns had 31 points and 12 rebounds, Andrew Wiggins added 23 points on 9-for-14 shooting and Minnesota beat Dallas for its first four-game winning streak in nearly five years.

Holding Mavericks star Harrison Barnes scoreless in the second half, the Wolves enjoyed a blowout for once after the margin of their previous five victories totaled just 17 points. The last time they won four games in a row was Dec. 7-15, 2012, when Towns was just a junior in high school.

Coming off a career-low two points Wednesday at New Orleans, when foul trouble against bulwarks DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis limited him to 22 minutes, Towns responded like the Timberwolves needed him to and thought he would. He had seven points and two rebounds during a 13-0 run late in the third quarter that pushed their lead to 25 points.

GRIZZLIES 113, CLIPPERS 104

In Los Angeles, Mike Conley scored 22 points and Memphis made 13 3-pointers and dominated off the bench to beat Los Angeles.

Marc Gasol added 21 points and Tyreke Evans had 20 to top four reserves in double figures. The Memphis backups outscored the Los Angeles reserves 55-22.

Blake Griffin had 30 points for the Clippers, and Patrick Beverley had 23.

PELICANS 96, BULLS 90 (OT)

In Chicago, Anthony Davis had 27 points and 16 rebounds to lead New Orleans past Chicago.

DeMarcus Cousins added 25 points and 11 rebounds — 18 and seven after halftime — to help the Pelicans snap a six-game, regularseason losing streak to the Bulls.

Jameer Nelson added 13 points, Darius Miller had 11, and Jrue Holiday 10 for New Orleans. The Pelicans improved to 4-2 on the road.

PISTONS 108, KINGS 99

In Detroit, Andre Drummond had 16 points and 19 rebounds to help Detroit beat Sacramento.

Detroit improved to 7-3 with its fifth victory in six games. Avery Bradley had 24 points, and Tobias Harris added 20.

Sacramento lost its seventh straight game to fall to 1-8. Zach Randolph led the Kings with 19 points.