--Their home win over Dallas on Sunday night allowed the Warriors (45-28) to draw even with the Mavericks (45-28) and Nuggets (45-28) in the Western Conference playoff race. Only two of the three will make the playoffs.
--The win allowed the Warriors to retain hope of tying the Mavericks in the season series. Dallas is up 2-1, with a fourth and final meeting set for Wednesday in Dallas. --The Warriors have alternated wins and losses in their last 11 games and haven't lost consecutive games since Jan. 2-4. They are now 21-1 in their last 22 games immediately following a loss.
--Seventeen of the Warriors' 45 wins this season have come in games in which they at one point trailed by at least 10 points. They were down by as many as 13 in the first quarter Sunday.
--The Warriors went 10-6 in March, their second 10-win month of the season. It was their seventh consecutive winning month. The last time they had two 10-win months in the same season was 16 years ago. They hadn't had seven consecutive winning months in 13 years.
--The Warriors scored 100 or more points for a 37th consecutive game, moving within six of the all-time record.
--Mickael Pietrus (groin) missed a fifth consecutive game and has basically been ruled out of the first two games of the Warriors' upcoming four-game trip, including Wednesday's rematch at Dallas.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "We're at the point now where we don't want to have to count on anybody else. I think if we take care of our business and win the games we're supposed to win, we'll get in." -- Warriors reserve Matt Barnes, on the team's mindset in its three-team battle for two playoff berths.
