Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, the Splash Brothers, drew too much attention from the opposing defense, so Andrew Wiggins let loose and punished them.
Wiggins scored a season-high 31 points, hitting back-to-back 3-pointers during a key stretch midway through the third quarter, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Los Angeles Clippers 124-107 on Wednesday night.
"Steph's going to be Steph, always," Wiggins said. "Tonight the ball was moving and found a lot of people, made some shots."
Wiggins shot 12 for 18 and matched his most 3-pointers this season with six in his third straight 20-point performance.
"He’s shooting the lights out. He’s just been so consistent from the field and from the 3-point line," coach Steve Kerr said. "You see how comfortable he is in our offense, constantly slipping to the rim."
Curry added 22 points, nine assists and six rebounds, while Thompson scored 18 points. He hit his first three shots and two 3-pointers and four of his initial five shots on the way to 15 points in the opening quarter.
After a slow start this season finding his shooting groove, Thompson was coming off a season-best 41-point game at Houston on Sunday in which he made 10 3s.
Marcus Morris Sr. had 19 points to lead the Clippers and Terance Mann added 17. Amir Coffey made his initial three field goals, but Los Angeles went just 5 for 13 from long range in the first half to fall behind 66-47 at the break as the Warriors shot 56.5%.
John Wall was limited to nine points on 2-for-8 shooting and missed all three of his 3-point tries.
Clippers star Kawhi Leonard sat out with a sprained right ankle after he landed on it Monday while trying to block a shot in the fourth quarter Monday night in a home victory over Utah.
Kerr wants to use Draymond Green more regularly with the second unit when possible to give the reserves a reliable ballhandler and floor leader given their recent struggles.
"It looks good and we’ll continue to do it," Kerr said of Green leading the second team.
Early in the fourth, Green drove the length of the floor and into the pain then dished off to Anthony Lamb for a layup that made it 103-82 with 10:41 to play. Green finished with 12 assists, nine points and seven rebounds.
"It’s huge for the confidence of the guys," Green said.
Golden State notched its fifth game in the last six with 30 or more assists and leads the league. The Warriors committed only five first-half turnovers and 13 overall as Kerr has stressed taking care of the ball.
Warriors won their seventh straight home game and improve to 8-1 at Chase Center overall.