Thunder 127, Warriors 121: Kevin Durant scored a career-high and NBA season-high 54 points on 19-of-28 shooting to lift Oklahoma City over visiting Golden State.

Serge Ibaka added 21 points and Reggie Jackson scored 14 for the Thunder, who picked up their second straight win after dropping three of the previous four. Jeremy Lamb had 12 points off the bench and Kendrick Perkins pulled down 12 rebounds for Oklahoma City.

Stephen Curry collected 37 points on 11-of-18 shooting and 11 assists to lead the Warriors, who have dropped back-to-back games for the first time since Dec. 13 and 15. Klay Thompson went 6-of-9 from 3-point range en route to 26 points and David Lee added 13 points and nine boards for Golden State.

The Warriors were within nine points when Durant started to get hot in the fourth quarter and knocked down 3-pointers on three straight possessions to push it to 119-104 with 5:24 to play. Durant came down on the next possession and buried a jumper right in front of the Golden State bench to make it a 16-point gap.

Curry responded with five straight points but Durant was fouled with 2:45 left and knocked down both to surpass his previous career high of 52 points, set Jan. 18, 2013 at Dallas. The star forward finally missed a pair of shots but the game had already been decided.

Durant went 11-for-14 in the first half as the Thunder shot 63.6 percent from the field to take a 71-65 lead into the break. Thompson and Curry did their best to keep pace and combined to hit nine 3-pointers in the opening 24 minutes.

The Warriors cut it to 82-79 midway through the third but could not close the gap completely. Durant scored nine points over the final 2:36 of the third to send Oklahoma City into the fourth up 101-91.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Durant set the previous NBA season high of 48 on Jan. 4 and matched it again three nights later and now has three outings of at least 48 points this month. … The Warriors have allowed an average of 125 points in their last two games. … Curry has 10 30-point outings this season, tied with Houston’s James Harden for the most among Western Conference guards.