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National Basketball Association
Golden State 119, Orlando 113
When: 10:30 PM ET, Monday, March 7, 2016
Where: Oracle Arena, Oakland, California
Officials: #19 James Capers, #45 Brian Forte, #77 Karl Lane
Attendance: 19596

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Golden State Warriors erased the Chicago Bulls' name from one page of the record book Monday night.

However, after a hard-fought, 119-113 victory over the Orlando Magic was over, Warriors coach Steve Kerr had a message for his squad.

That wasn't Bulls-like basketball.

"We played harder than we did (Sunday), which is a good step," Kerr said after the win that broke the Bulls' record for consecutive home-court victories. "But we didn't play smarter."

Getting a combined 68 points from backcourt mates Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, the Warriors recorded a 27th straight win at Oracle Arena this season, giving them 45 in a row at home in the regular season dating back to January 2015.

That is one more than the previous record set by the Bulls from March 30, 1995, to April 4, 1996.

"Remarkable job by our players over these last two years," Kerr said. "The effort and consistency it takes to do that, pretty amazing."

Coming off a game in which they combined to shoot 1-for-18 from 3-point range, Curry (7-for-13) and Thompson (5-for-11) combined for 12 treys in helping the Warriors soothe the sting of their 112-95 road defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.

However, the win over Orlando was tarnished by 24 turnovers, which dampened Kerr's postgame mood.

"Forty-six turnovers in the last 36 hours. Inexcusable," he said. "I can rattle off 10, easy, that were just inexcusable."

The 24 miscues turned into 23 Magic points, which helped the visitors shoot 44.4 percent from the field and retain a realistic shot at an upset into the final minute of the game.

"We need to get back to being the best defensive team in the league, which we were a year ago," Kerr said. "We are not right now anywhere close.

"You can't be a good defensive team if you give up layups and dunks. And you can't be a good defensive team if you commit 24 turnovers and everything's a four-on-one fastbreak."

The Warriors (56-6) survived the mistake-filled effort by hitting 16 of their 35 3-point attempts, outscoring the Magic 48-15 from beyond the arc.

Curry finished with 41 points and Thompson added 27 as the Warriors extended their season-opening streak of not having experienced back-to-back losses to 62 games.

"Steph is bailing us out an awful lot, and he bailed us out tonight," said Kerr, whose Warriors are now 15-1 in second game of back-to-back sets this season. "We can't count on that, and we can't rely on that."

Curry, who poured in 51 points in a 130-114 win at Orlando last month, became the first player in NBA history to make 300 3-pointers in a single season. He reached the milestone when he connected on his sixth of the night, a step-back 24-footer, during a 13-4 flurry late in the third period that put the Warriors in a seemingly commanding position.

However, the Magic wouldn't go away, using nine points from Victor Oladipo, eight from reserve guard Brandon Jennings and six from Aaron Gordon to forge a fourth-quarter rally that saw them close within 111-109 with 1:13 to play.

That was when a 25th turnover might have doomed the Warriors, but instead Thompson turned a broken play into his fifth 3-pointer from the right corner with 52.5 seconds left.

The Warriors held on from there for their record-setting win.

"We spent so much energy trying to get back into the game," said guard Evan Fournier, one of three Magic players who scored 20 points. "For him to hit a corner fade-away, contested 3 ... It is tough."

Draymond Green committed seven of the Warriors' turnovers and scored only one point. However, he did contribute 10 rebounds, nine assists, three blocked shots and two steals to the win.

Center Andrew Bogut was similarly effective on a low-scoring night, complementing four points with 10 rebounds and six assists for the Warriors, who were tipping off a six-game homestand.

Curry led the Warriors with 13 rebounds.

The Magic's Gordon, a San Francisco Bay Area native who was playing his first game in Oakland since his eye-catching performance in the dunk competition at the All-Star Game, was the game's top rebounder with 16 to go with 20 points.

"I truly believed we would win this game," said Gordon, a former two-time Mr. Basketball in the state of California at Archbishop Mitty High in San Jose. "It would have been cool if we broke (the home-court winning streak)."

Jennings also scored 20 and Oladipo had 19 for the Magic (27-35), who began a stretch in which they play nine of 11 on the road.

NOTES: With three assists, Warriors PG Stephen Curry (3,249) passed SF Rick Barry (3,247) for third place on the franchise's all-time list. ... The Warriors had a 16.8-point average margin of victory in the first game after their previous five losses. ... The NBA record for most games without back-to-back losses to open a season is 74, set by the 1984-85 Boston Celtics. Golden State is gunning for that mark. ... Magic C Nikola Vucevic (strained groin) was scratched after struggling through the morning shootaround. The injury is not considered serious.
Top Game Performances
 
Orlando   Golden State
Evan Fournier 20 Scoring Stephen Curry 41
Victor Oladipo 8 Assists Draymond Green 10
Aaron Gordon 16 Rebounds Stephen Curry 13
Brandon Jennings 8 Free Throws Made Stephen Curry 6
Elfrid Payton 3 Steals Stephen Curry 4
Aaron Gordon 1 Blocks Draymond Green 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Orlando 113 44.4 5-21 28-34 24 42 3 14 15
Golden State 119 50.0 16-35 19-27 27 50 7 13 24
Upcoming Games
  • Golden State will play their next game at home against Utah. The Warriors have a W/L % of .893 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.
  • Orlando will play their next game on the road against L.A. Lakers. The Magic have a W/L % of .393 after a win and .471 after a loss.