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OAKLAND — That’s more like it.

Klay Thompson hit his first five 3-point attempts and dropped 25 points to lead Golden State as the Warriors blew out the San Antonio Spurs 122-105 Saturday at Oracle Arena.

After weeks of sputtering play, the Warriors have now rattled off back-to-back blowout wins and appear as if they’ve regained their mojo heading into the final two games before a nearly week-long All-Star Game break.

Here’s what we learned in the Warriors’ 43rd win of the season:

First quarters remain a problem

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before — the Warriors were blown out in the first quarter of a game and had to dig themselves out of an early, avoidable, hole.

We’re way past the point of this being a trend — this seems like the Warriors’ new norm.

The Warriors are now minus-12 in first quarters this season after losing the opening frame by 10 points Saturday.

Stephen Curry was right in saying after the game that the Warriors didn’t play that poorly in the first quarter — it was certainly not an objectionable performance — but Golden State certainly had no claim to a lead after 12 minutes.

Since the calendar turned to 2018, the Warriors have the worst defensive rating in the first quarter in the NBA — they’re allowing nearly 1.3 points per possession in the opening frame in 2018. They’re scoring — they have the second-best offensive rating in the league in the first quarter over the same period of time — but it’s hard to negate that kind of bad defense.

That said…

The Warriors look to be back on track

At the start of this week, I noted that it might be the Warriors’ most important stretch this season. Coming off of three bad games, the Warriors needed to right the ship in a week where they were set to play two playoff teams (Oklahoma City and San Antonio) at home.

We all know what happened in the Oklahoma City game — the Warriors turned in their worst performance of the season. And at that juncture, it was acceptable to wonder if everything was alright with the Dubs.

Thursday’s win over the Mavericks might have assuaged some fan fears, but it was hardly a reset game.

Saturday’s game, though, might have been enough to recalibrate the Warriors.

Yes, there was the poor first quarter, but the Warriors ran over the Spurs 64-38 in the second and third quarters, Saturday, rendering the fourth quarter effectively moot.

And it wasn’t just incredible offense that led the Warriors to their victory — it was lock-down defense. We hadn’t seen the Warriors put the clamps on a team in a while, but they had their grips on the Spurs Saturday, holding San Antonio to 34 percent shooting in the second and third quarters.

The Warriors might be the best offensive team in the history of the NBA — seriously, they might set the all-time record for offensive rating — and on most nights, that offense is more than enough to win a game on its own.

But in the playoffs, that’s not going to be enough — the Warriors are going to have to play some defense.

Since we entered 2018, the Warriors are 20th in defensive rating and have allowed opponents to shoot 46.7 percent from the field. Not great! Certainly, those are not championship numbers (though they’re much better than the Cavs stats). But it’s not as if the Warriors suddenly became a mediocre defense — their regression in recent weeks has nothing to do with tactics or skill. They just didn’t care about trying on that end of the court.

Defense, after all, is hard, and when you can drop 125 on damn near anyone in the league, there’s not much incentive to do the dirty work in an effort to win effectively meaningless games.

But after a few weeks of defensive apathy, it was fair to wonder if the Warriors’ defensive muscles had atrophied.

Saturday’s performance was hardly a perfect defensive game — it takes two to tango and the Spurs’ lack of offensive firepower was certainly a big factor in the Warriors’ defensive performance — but it showed the Warriors still know how to flex those muscles a bit.

Kevin Durant has lost his grip on DPOY

Remember a few weeks ago, when Kevin Durant — one of the greatest scorers in the history of the NBA — was an obvious pick to win the Defensive Player of the Year award?

Those days are over.

Even in a game where the Warriors’ overall defense was solid, Durant turned in another suspect defensive performance, highlighted by not one, but two different bites on Kyle Anderson slow-mo pump fakes.

You know the saying: Fool me once…

Durant has looked poor on the defensive end in recent weeks — particularly compared to his unreal play in the first two-and-a-half months of the season — and he’s fallen to fourth on the NBA’s blocks-per-game list.

Durant might still be the best two-play player in the league (though Anthony Davis might have something to say about that) but at the moment, his offense is dramatically outshining his defense. That might sound like the status quo, but that wasn’t the case at the beginning of the season.

The Warriors’ bench can separate Golden State from the pack

San Antonio’s bench actually outscored the Warriors’ on Saturday, but that’s not indicative of the impact the Warriors’ second unit had on the game.

The Warriors’ second units — which often have a starter on the floor with bench players — turned the game in the second quarter, with the Golden State bench cumulatively being a plus-47 in the game.

And, again, they did it with defense.

The Warriors’ bench players might not provide reliable offense, but if they can play that kind of strong defense, they stand a chance to expand (or in Saturday’s case, create) leads. And good defense is contagious — it shouldn’t be a surprise that after the second unit started putting the clamps on San Antonio in the second quarter, the starters played better defense in the third quarter.

David West was fantastic on Saturday — what’s new? — leading the Warriors’ bench players with 13 points on 6-of-6 shooting. JaVale McGee was also stellar, providing excellent energy in a surprising bit of run Saturday. McGee, who was being shopped by the Warriors ahead of the trade deadline, had a huge block and scored seven points in seven minutes.

Kudos:

– To the birthday boy, Zaza Pachulia, who had a strong game, scoring 12 points and getting a well-deserved longer third-quarter shift. Zaza gets a lot of unfair flack from the fanbase — he might not be a perennial All-Star, but he’s been solid for the Warriors this season. It’s time to give the man some respect.

– To Patrick McCaw, who was playing his third game in as many days after his G-League stint in Santa Cruz, and had a nice game. McCaw is showing more aggression on the offensive side and is flashing his prodigious defensive potential a bit more often than in recent weeks.

– To Steve Kerr, who won his 250th game as a head coach (sort of… he still gets credit for those Luke Walton wins.) Kerr set a record for the fastest to 250, beating his former coach, Phil Jackson. Draymond Green weighed in on the milestone:

Reporter asks Draymond's thoughts on Kerr becoming the quickest NBA coach to win 250 games. Green: It means he got some good players. pic.twitter.com/70UIVbnfvp — Sam Hustis (@SamHustis) February 11, 2018

– To Spurs employee and former Cal hooper Nick Kerr, Steve’s son, who got this great shoutout pregame. (He could well be a spy.)

Steve Kerr on his son working for Gregg Popovich: "He calls my son a spy. He said my son could be working for Putin." pic.twitter.com/SEAQl0plK4 — Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) February 11, 2018

– To Draymond Green, who threw down this really nice dunk in the second half.

Spurs have been blitzing Curry on the PnR for most of the game. Draymond burned them here. pic.twitter.com/aomT0ryGng — Dieter Kurtenbach (@dkurtenbach) February 11, 2018

Yeah, about that:

— Omri Casspi hasn’t attempted a 3-pointer since January 6. That was 17 games ago (shouts to Grant Liffmann for the stat.)

Best video

The bench makes it.

Warriors bench lost their minds (gif via @cjzero) pic.twitter.com/5v0uBCKMz7 — Dieter Kurtenbach (@dkurtenbach) February 11, 2018

Klay was absolutely electric talking about his huge 3rd-quarter dunk pic.twitter.com/rhy0WnXYdA — Sam Hustis (@SamHustis) February 11, 2018

Klay Thompson points at door in the news conference room. KT: Can I go out that way?

Warriors PR: That’s a bathroom.

KT: I should know that. — Sam Hustis (@SamHustis) February 11, 2018

Klay’s the best.