Russell Westbrook set the tone and Kevin Durant finished the job.
The dynamic duo for the Oklahoma City Thunder was brilliant once again as the surging Northwest Division leaders clinched a playoff berth.
Westbrook notched his league-leading 13th triple-double with 20 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists as the Oklahoma City Thunder cruised past the Philadelphia 76ers 111-97 on Friday at the Wells Fargo Center.
"I come out and compete every night at a high level and try to keep my energy up for my teammates," Westbrook said.
"I think it's fun to see where we're playing the right way. It's fun for our guys to see everybody happy playing the right way."
Durant added 26 points, 13 rebounds and six assists, scoring at least 20 points for the 54th straight game.
"It's just fun playing the right way," Durant said.
"We had some nice plays out there. You could tell the crowd was into it. We just like the way we played tonight."
Enes Kanter scored 16 points and Steven Adams had 12 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma City, which improved to 47-22 and won for the third straight time.
After building a 17-point lead at the end of the third quarter, the Thunder quickly extended it to 95-72 with 9:17 remaining. They continued to play an up-tempo style and Philadelphia had trouble locating Oklahoma City's shooters.
The game was never in doubt from there.
The biggest drama came late in the fourth quarter as Westbrook needed one assist for his triple-double. His pass to Durant for a layup with 4:14 left sealed the triple-double.
"There's a competitive anger you see in their faces, a determination and will more than you can put any stat on," 76ers coach Brett Brown said of Westbrook and Durant.
"We shake their hands. They are one of the elite teams in the NBA and they are the head of the snake."
In the process, Westbrook tied Grant Hill (1996-97) and Jason Kidd (2007-08) for 13 triple-doubles in a season, a record dating back at least 25 years.
Nik Stauskas led the 76ers with a career-high 23 points and Hollis Thompson added 16.
While the Thunder joined Golden State and San Antonio as teams to have clinched a playoff berth in the Western Conference, the Warriors simply kept on keeping on as they outlasted a determined Dallas side 130-112.
A blowout in the end, the Mavericks drew within four points at 103-99 with seven minutes to go in the final term on a J.J Barea floater before Golden State unleashed a barrage of points.
Klay Thompson shot the lights out for the now 62-6 Warriors, making 14 of 22 from the field for 39 points.
Fellow `Splash Brother' and reigning League MVP Steph Curry went close to a triple-double as he tallied 31 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds.
While the Warriors enjoyed another win it was tempered by the news of a toe injury to Australian centre Andrew Bogut, who is likely to miss their Saturday game against San Antonio.
The loss drops Dallas to a record of 34-35 and they are now just one game ahead of ninth-placed Utah Jazz in the race for playoff spots in the West.
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