March 27, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30, right) passes the basketball against Philadelphia 76ers forward Elton Brand (42) during the fourth quarter at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the 76ers 117-105. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
OAKLAND, Calif. — Reserve center Marreese Speights scored 11 of his 17 points during a second-quarter runaway Sunday night, propelling the Golden State Warriors to a 117-105 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in a matchup of the NBA’s winningest and losingest teams.
Klay Thompson recorded his second consecutive 40-point game and Draymond Green had his 12th triple-double of the season as the Warriors (66-7) completed their third consecutive season-series sweep of the 76ers with their 53rd consecutive home-court victory.
The Warriors’ fourth straight win allowed them to move five games ahead of the San Antonio Spurs (61-12) in the battle for top seeding in the Western Conference playoffs with just nine games remaining.
The 76ers (9-65), who took the Warriors to the wire before losing 108-105 at home on Jan. 30, played the defending champs evenly for 15 minutes before Speights and fellow reserve Brandon Rush combined for all the scoring in a 13-0 burst that exploded Golden State into a 53-40 advantage.
The Warriors went on to lead 71-55 at halftime, and the 76ers, losing for the ninth game in a row, were never closer than nine after that.
Speights’ second-best scoring night of the season came against the team that drafted him 16th overall in 2008. He made seven of his 10 shots, including a pair of 3-pointers, and found time for seven rebounds in 20 minutes.
Speights has torched the 76ers for a career-best 32 points, 23 and 17 the three times he faced them in Oakland since joining the Warriors at the start of the 2013-14 season.
His season high of 25 points came March 12 against the Phoenix Suns.
Thompson, who used nine 3-pointers as the foundation for his 40-point outing against the Dallas Mavericks on Friday, bombed in another seven on 14 attempts against the 76ers.
He shot 15-for-27 in all Sunday while recording his fourth 40-point game of the season and eighth of his career.
Green finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.
Stephen Curry, despite a 2-for-9 night from 3-point range, added 20 points and eight assists for the Warriors, who improved to 5-1 in home games played on Easter.
Golden State made 14 of its 33 3-point attempts (42.4 percent).
Carl Landry had 22 points and eight rebounds for the 76ers, who completed a winless four-game trip. The former Warrior hit nine of his 15 shots.
Backup Robert Covington had his third consecutive productive game since returning from a concussion, logging a 16-point, 11-rebound double-double.
Covington also had a double-double (17 points, 11 rebounds) on Saturday night in Portland after returning to the lineup Wednesday at Denver with 16 points and nine rebounds.
Starting guards Ish Smith (20 points) and Isaiah Canaan (15), and backup Elton Brand (10) made it five 76ers in double figures.
Smith also had 10 assists for the 76ers, who lost despite shooting 46.7 percent from the field.
Golden State made 53 percent of its field-goal attempts.
NOTES: The Warriors rested veteran backup PG Shaun Livingston, who played a total of 48 minutes in Golden State’s previous two contests. … The game’s starting point guards, the 76ers’ Ish Smith and Warriors’ Stephen Curry, were teammates for six games with Golden State during the 2011-12 season. Smith outscored Curry 7-4 in the first game they played together on Christmas Day 2011. … An MRI on 76ers PF Nerlens Noel’s right knee Saturday revealed just a bone bruise. He is likely to return to game action later this week. … With C Jahlil Okafor (knee), C Joel Embiid (foot), PF Richaun Holmes (Achilles) and Noel all out of action Sunday, the 76ers promoted PF Christian Wood from the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League. SG Sonny Weems was waived to create a roster spot.
