The mighty Golden State Warriors’ march into the NBA-record books stumbled Sunday, while the Los Angeles Lakers made history of their own by impersonating the league’s best.
Jordan Clarkson scored 25 points, D’Angelo Russell added 21, and the lowly Lakers stunned the visiting Warriors 112-95, handing the defending league champions just their sixth loss of the season.
“It’s been a long season and this is just a blueprint of how we’re supposed to play,” said Clarkson, after the club with second-worst record (13-51) came away with the improbable blowout win. The Warriors (55-6) are chasing the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls for the all-time mark of 72-10 but failed to show up against the young Lakers.  
“We weren’t ready to play,” Golden State head coach Steve Kerr said.  “We had zero attention span against Lakers on either end of the floor and the Lakers played a great game.”
As a result, the Lakers set a league-record as the first team with a sub-200 percentage (.190), to knock off one with over 900 (.917).
“Our guys played about as hard as they have all season long,” Lakers coach Byron Scott said. “It was the best we’ve played against the best team.”
Julius Randle had 12 points with 14 rebounds for the Lakers, while Kobe Bryant also finished with 12 despite a lingering sore right shoulder.
The Lakers held the Warriors to 15 points below their league-best scoring average on just 40.2 per cent field goal shooting, as well as 4-of-30 from behind the three-point arc, while forcing 20 turnovers resulting in 22 points.
“We had a defensive game plan and were locked in for 48 minutes,” Randle said. “It was important because they’re so explosive.”
The Lakers led 60-49 halftime and extended it to 16 in the third frame before coasting home to the delight of the sold-out crowd at Staples Center.
League top scorer Stephen Curry netted 18 points, and “Splash Brother,” Klay Thompson added 15 for the Warriors, whose seven-game success came to a screeching halt.
“It was just a bad performance all the way through,” said Curry, who shot 6-of-20 from the field and 1-of-10 on 3-pointers.
“We didn’t have very much energy, they were aggressive and executed. “It was just one of those games you want to avoid it all costs and it happened but we’ll be alright.”
Elsewhere:
•Houston Rockets 113, Toronto Raptors 107: James Harden had 40 points with 14 assists, Corey Brewer netted 23 off the bench, and the Rockets (31-32) rallied from 15 down in the third quarter to snap the Raptors’ franchise-record 13-game home-winning streak. Argentine Luis Scola topped Toronto (41-20) with 21 points.
•Oklahoma City Thunder 104, Milwaukee Bucks 95: Kevin Durant had 32 points with 12 rebounds, Russell Westbrook recorded his 10th triple-double of the season, with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, and the visiting Thunder (43-20) beat the Bucks. Milwaukee (26-37) was paced by Giannis Antetokounmpo’s third triple-double of the season of 26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, while Jabari Parker also netted 26 in defeat.
•Denver Nuggets 116, Dallas Mavericks 114 (OT): Kenneth Faried had 25 points with a season-best 20 rebounds, while D.J Augustin scored eight of Denver’s 10 overtime points, including two free throws with 0.9 seconds left, lifting the Nuggets over the visiting Mavericks. German star Dirk Nowitzki dropped in 30 points for Dallas (25-38) which fell to 7-4 in overtime games this season.
•Miami Heat 103, Philadelphia 98: Dwyane Wade and Slovenian Goran Dragic scored 23 points, leading the Heat (37-26) to its season-high fifth straight win after beating the visiting Sixers. Ish Smith had 21 points for league-worst Philadelphia (8-55), losers of 12 in a row.
•Detroit Pistons 123, Portland Trail Blazers 103: Reggie Jackson poured in 30 points, Andre Drummond had 14 with 18 rebounds, and the Pistons (32-31) sent the Trail Blazers to a third straight loss. Damian Lillard had 26 points for Portland (33-31) which split a six-game road trip.  
•Phoenix Suns 109, Memphis Grizzlies 100: Devin Booker scored 27 points, Alex Len added 19 with 16 rebounds, and the Suns (17-46) beat the Grizzlies for just their third in the last 18 games Memphis (37-25) was led by Mike Conley’s 22 points.