gencies - Boomers centre Andrew Bogut grabbed a monster 17 rebounds as Golden State crushed Western Conference rivals the Los Angeles Clippers 111-92 on Thursday.
Bogut, whose season-high is 20 boards, also added 14 points and three blocks in a dominant display as the Warriors out-rebounded the Clippers, and their highly rated front court of All Star Blake Griffin and Deandre Jordan, 53 to 34 while outscoring them in the point 66 to 22.
Warriors' forward David Lee had 22 points and 11 rebounds and livewire guard Stephen Curry scored 22 points with seven assists.
Griffin finished with 27 points, Darren Collison scored 22 and Jordan grabbed 20 rebounds for Los Angeles, who had won four straight.
Elsewhere, Carmelo Anthony scored 29 points as the New York Knicks clobbered the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-86 at Madison Square Garden arena.
The Knicks won their fourth consecutive game and look like a different team than earlier in the season when they struggled to get off to good starts in games.
On Thursday, they led by double digits for the last 43 minutes of the contest.
Tim Hardaway scored a career-high 29 points, JR Smith finished with 19, Raymond Felton scored 12 points with nine assists and Tyson Chandler added 11 points with eight rebounds for the Knicks.
Kyrie Irving scored a team-high 24 points and Dion Waiters added 21 points off the bench for the Cavaliers, who have lost three straight.
The Knicks shot 12-for-20 from the floor in the opening quarter and scored 11 points off six Cleveland turnovers.
Midway through the second quarter, Anthony scored the final four points of an 8-0 surge that increased the margin to 58-29.
Cleveland ended the third quarter on a 14-6 run to cut the deficit to 81-65, but Hardaway knocked down three from beyond the arc during a 13-5 run in the fourth to help New York maintain a solid lead.
Meanwhile, Goran Dragic had 28 points and seven assists and the Phoenix Suns handed the Indiana Pacers just their second home loss of the season with a 102-94 victory.
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