OAKLAND, Calif. -- Kevin Durant made the highlight reel with two flying dunks during a third-quarter runaway Wednesday night.

He was hoping afterward that some room on the tape was saved for his blocked shots.

Durant was a dominant force both offensively and defensively against the Utah Jazz, propelling the Golden State Warriors to a 126-101 victory, their 13th in the last 14 games.

"It's cool to have people recognize me as more than a scorer," Durant said after a 21-point, six-rebound, four-assist, three-block performance that also featured 7-for-10 shooting. "I've been trying to shake that reputation since 2012. I try to impact the game at both ends of the floor."

The Warriors (28-7) improved to 9-1 since Stephen Curry left the lineup with a sprained right ankle earlier this month.

They've done it as the league's best defensive team over that stretch to more than compensate for being the worst 3-point shooting club.

Coach Steve Kerr said he brought that un-Warriors-like combination to the team's attention at a recent meeting.

"I love what we've become since Steph has been out," Kerr said of the defensive emphasis. "Tonight, we broke free (offensively). I hope that continues."

Playing their second road game in two nights, the Jazz (15-21) led by as many as seven points in the second quarter and trailed only 48-47 at halftime after limiting Golden State to only two 3-pointers in the first 24 minutes.

However, Durant and Klay Thompson bombed in a pair of treys apiece in a 42-point, third-quarter explosion, and Golden State finished 11 for 23 from beyond the arc for the game.

"They bumped us off our spots in the first half," Durant said of the Jazz's physical style. "We started playing with force in the second half and they started to tire some."

A hook shot by Derrick Favors had the Jazz within 62-61 in the third quarter before the Warriors ripped off 28 points in the final 6:45 of the period to build a 90-69 advantage.

Durant's back-to-back dunks came early in the 28-8 flurry, during which seven different Warriors hit baskets and Golden State shot 11-for-14. He also had two of his three blocks in the run, during which the Jazz missed nine of their 12 shots.

"They're the best team in the league in the third quarter. We talked about it (at halftime)," Jazz coach Quin Snyder noted. "We had some breakdowns. They're a team that if you make a mistake, they'll make you pay."

Patrick McCaw had a season-best 18 points, while Thompson and Nick Young added 15 apiece. They joined Durant among six in double figures for the Warriors, who improved to an NBA-best 12-1 in the month of December.

Thompson's 15 points included three 3-pointers, the first of which allowed him to tie Dana Barros with at least one 3-pointer in 89 straight games, the third-longest streak in NBA history.

Backup Rodney Hood poured in a game-high 26 points to lead the Jazz, who were coming off a 107-83 loss at Denver on Tuesday night.

"In the first half, we played as good as we can," Hood assessed. "Then Klay Thompson got going, and then Kevin Durant got going, and after that it was just a snowball affect. Then it was like plugging holes."

Favors and rookie Donovan Mitchell added 17 points apiece for Utah, which was swept 4-0 by Golden State in the Western Conference semifinals last May.

Favors completed a double-double with a team-best 10 rebounds.

"Right now the road can't be the competition," Snyder said of the fact his club fell to 3-15 away from home. "Whatever the things you use in your mind to rationalize situations, we're not allowed to go there, myself included."

The Jazz managed to stay close in the first half by turning eight Golden State turnovers into 14 points. Favors was the game's leading scorer at that point with 12.

NOTES: Warriors coach Steve Kerr indicated before the game that PG Stephen Curry (sprained right ankle) will scrimmage Thursday and the door is open for the two-time MVP possibly to return to the team for Friday's home game against Charlotte. ... Curry (157) and Cleveland Cavaliers SG Kyle Korver (127) are the only two players in NBA history with longer streaks of 3-point baskets than Warriors SG Klay Thompson (89) and former Boston Celtics PG Dana Barros (89). ... With his three blocked shots, PF Kevin Durant became the first Golden State player since C Adonal Foyle in 2002 to record two or more blocks in 10 consecutive games. ... Even with SG Rodney Hood leading all scorers with 26 points, the Warriors enjoyed a 63-45 advantage in bench scoring. The 63 points were a season-best for Golden State.