Thompson leads way in 3rd quarter as Warriors beat Spurs

OAKLAND » Klay Thompson scored 25 points, 10 coming in the third quarter to help Golden State pull away, and the Warriors beat the San Antonio Spurs 122-105 on Saturday night.

Stephen Curry added 17 points and eight assists as coach Steve Kerr earned his 250th career coaching victory. Draymond Green had 17 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds in another well-rounded outing — and his first technicalfree game in the last three.

Kerr became the fastest to 250 coaching wins in NBA history, doing so in 302 games. That tops his former coach, Phil Jackson, who reached the mark in 346 games. Yet Kerr, the 2016 NBA Coach of the Year, received 39 victories during a leave of absence following complications from back surgery at the start of the 2015-16 season, when then-top assistant and current Lakers coach Luke Walton coached Golden State.

Zaza Pachulia scored 12 points on his 34th birthday and Kevin Durant was limited to a season-low 10 points in a rare cold night from the floor at 3 of 9, but had six rebounds and dished out six assists. MAVERICKS 130, LAKERS 123 » Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-high 22 points, Harrison Barnes had 21 and last-place Dallas spoiled Isaiah Thomas’ strong debut with the Lakers, beating Los Angeles.

Thomas finished with 22 points and already looks like a better fit in coach Luke Walton’s offense than he did in an ill-fated 15-game stint with Cleveland after the offseason trade that sent Kyrie Irving to Boston.

The diminutive guard’s first half with the Lakers was his highestscoring half of the season, a teamhigh 16 points. WIZARDS 101, BULLS 90 » Tomas Satoransky scored a career-high 25 points on 10-of-12 shooting and Washington beat Chicago. PELICANS 138, NETS 128 » Anthony Davis had 44 points and 17 rebounds, Rajon Rondo had a tripledouble, and New Orleans recovered after blowing a 28-point lead to beat Brooklyn in two overtimes.

Rondo finished with 25 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds as the Pelicans snapped a three-game losing streak. Nikola Mirotic had 21 points and 16 boards, and Jrue Holiday chipped in 22 points. BUCKS 111, MAGIC 104 » Giannis Antetokounpo had 32 points and Jason Terry came off the bench to score 11 points in the second half in Milwaukee’s victory over Orlando.

A couple of 3-pointers by the 40-year-old Terry put the Bucks ahead to stay late in the third quarter.