Klay Thompson powers Warriors to rout of Bulls

Four nights after a 10-point dud in Sacramento, Kevin Durant (22 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists) returned to his aggressive ways.

Draymond Green (19 points, eight rebounds, six assists) and JaVale McGee (13 points) also helped the Warriors withstand a quiet night from Stephen Curry.

Midway through the second quarter, on a missed jumper by Rajon Rondo, Green rose for the defensive rebound and accidentally tapped the ball against the glass with his right hand.

Jimmy Butler was sidelined by a right heel bruise, and Dwyane Wade hung back at the team hotel with an upper respiratory illness.

Against a Warriors lineup that boasts four All-Stars, Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg started the likes of Paul Zipser and Jerian Grant.

Fans were already filing toward the exits in the fourth when seldom-used rookie Damian Jones’ 18-foot jumper with 2:15 left put the Warriors up 119-88.

[...] back to their dominant ways, Golden State stares down a big three-game road trip.

After Friday’s matchup in Memphis, the only team to have beaten them twice in the same regular season since the Spurs in 2014-15, the Warriors head to Oklahoma City for Durant’s much-hyped homecoming.