A "phenomenal" Andrew Bogut had one of his best games of the season as Golden State moved to within two victories of equalling the NBA's greatest home game winning streak by beating Houston 123-110.
Stephen Curry had 35 points, nine assists and six rebounds but big man Bogut also had an outstanding all-round game with 13 points, 11 rebounds, three steals and a season-high six blocked shots.
It was the Warriors' 42nd straight regular-season home game win and left them at 24-0 at Oracle Arena this season.
Three more wins will see them beat the NBA-record home streak of 44 games in 1995/1996 from Michael Jordan's Bulls.
"Bogut was phenomenal," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.
But Curry felt his side could do even more.
"We can definitely play better and just sustain our level of play and be more consistent over 48 minutes. It's hard," he said.
"As long as you keep that at the forefront and challenge yourselves, that's what hopefully inspires to continue to get better."
Andre Iguodala and Harrison Barnes hit consecutive three-pointers to start the fourth quarter to get the defending champions going after the game was tied at 93 after the third.
James Harden overcame a scoreless first quarter to finish with 37 points, five assists and five rebounds in Houston's eighth straight loss to Golden State.
"We didn't win the game but we gained some momentum. It was a competitive game against an undefeated team at home and we put ourselves in a position to win," Harden said.
At Miami, LaMarcus Aldridge scored 28 points, Kawhi Leonard added 23 and the San Antonio Spurs got seven points on one possession in the fourth quarter to help them beat the Heat 119-101 night.
Danny Green added 15 for the Spurs, who have won six straight over the Heat going back to the 2014 NBA Finals.
Dwyane Wade scored 20 points for Miami.
At Dallas, Gordon Hayward hit a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer in overtime and Utah extended their season-best winning streak to seven games with a 121-119 victory over the Mavericks.
Rodney Hood had a tying three-pointer with 1.5 seconds left in regulation as the Jazz ended a 10-game losing streak in Dallas.
Hood finished with 29 points, and Hayward had 20, including 13 in the second half and overtime.
Chandler Parsons led Dallas with 24 points.
At New York, John Wall had 28 points and 17 assists, Bradley Beal scored 26, and Washington beat New York 111-108 in the Knicks' first game under Kurt Rambis.
Meanwhile in Milwaukee, Khris Middleton made one of two free throws with 0.6 seconds left as the Bucks defeated Boston 112-111.
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