OAKLAND — Klay Thompson thought he was safe, but, as always, Stephen Curry saw him, knew where Thompson was going and made sure he got him.

That was the whole game at Oracle Arena on Sunday (which the Warriors won 117-105 over Philadelphia), and it was also the heart of the splashy postgame.

That’s when Curry raced from a corner of the court — right after Thompson was done with his TV interview — and doused his backcourt partner with two cups of cold water.

“I was tired of being on the receiving end,” Curry said, referring to the many times he has been doused in the Warriors’ new victory celebration.

“Made a mad dash across the court, and he let his guard down.”

Thompson scored 40 points — his second consecutive 40-point outing — and the combination, from Curry to Thompson, is taking on greater and more historic meaning with every outing.

And damper each time, too.

“I thought I was in the clear when I finished my interview,” Thompson said of Curry’s splash. “But he’s sneaky; he’s light on his feet.”

This is not a new phenomenon, of course — Curry and Thompson have been highlighted and praised as the “greatest shooting backcourt of all-time” since Mark Jackson declared it several years ago.

Jackson was ahead of his time, and dead solid accurate.

And as the Warriors move through the later stages of this landmark season, now 66-7 and fully in line to register the most victories in NBA history, the Curry-Thompson tandem is moving into undiscovered territory.

Curry already has set an NBA record for 3-pointers in a season — after his two makes Sunday, he has 350.

And after his 7-for-14 performance from 3-point distance Sunday, Thompson has 253, well within reach of the previous mark — 286, which Curry set last season.

This is a pairing that is beyond precedence and is transitioning into something past normal NBA dimensions.

When has a presumed two-time MVP such as Curry ever had a teammate who duplicated and amplified his own unique skill as much as Thompson is doing now?

When has a player as dominant as Curry ever deferred his own most dominant talent (shooting) so often by setting up the shooting of a teammate?

Maybe LeBron James and Dwyane Wade echoed and expanded each other’s prime skills like this, and maybe Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, but certainly no shooters have pushed it this far and this often.

“It’s rare because he’s been so hot,” Thompson said of Curry’s deferring to Thompson at times. “He’s got a great feel and a great I.Q.

“We’ve got this little telepathic connection; when I’m on a roll, he’s trying to look for me, he’s going to call a set for me. People don’t realize he’s got such a great vibe for the game, he realizes when someone has a hot hand he’s going to try to get it to him within the offense.

“He makes my life really easy.”

Of course, the way this team is constructed, Curry is the point guard and Thompson is the shooting guard.

So part of Curry’s job is to get the ball to Thompson in the best spots — especially when Thompson is red-hot.

And Curry in particular understands the unique power of these two historic shooters playing next to each other in their primes.

“I’ve always thought about that — never really take that for granted,” Curry said.

“Ever since Coach Jackson made that comment, that’s what we do well, we know how we can impact the game, and the more we play together, I think individually the better we’ve got.

“But working together and trying to have big nights together instead of taking turns … that’s developed tremendously over the past four years.”

Would Thompson like to get to 287 made 3-pointers this season? Or even 300?

“It would be cool to break Steph’s old record, because this man is doing things never been done before,” Thompson said.

“I mean, if we both got 300 one season, that’d be incredibly special. That’s not what’s on my mind at first, but as long as I keep making shots and stay within my game, I mean, hopefully one day we can do it. And raise that bar even higher every season.”

Naturally, Curry would be all for that, too. This Warriors team loves setting records, and then putting the new number into the stratosphere.

At this point, it’s still within the realm of possibility that Curry gets 400 while Thompson gets 300.

Well, it’s only within the realm of the Warriors’ possibilities, and that’s only because of Curry and Thompson, who push each other, set up each other, douse each other and do things to the record book that nobody before them has ever imagined.

Read Tim Kawakami’s Talking Points blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami. Contact him at tkawakami@mercurynews.com or 408-920-5442. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/timkawakami.