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Final Score: Warriors defeated Wizards, 144-122
The Golden State Warriors are on a roll and barring the game against the Denver Nuggets, they have been nothing short of excellent in the first few games and hosted the Washington Wizards at the Oracle Arena for a game.
The Wizards had a forgettable Week One and suffered heart-breaking losses against the Raptors and Miami Heat. They wanted to get back to winning ways and faced the defending champions.
Stephen Curry went off with a sensational performance and dropped 51 points on a ridiculous 11-of-16 shooting from downtown. Kevin Durant too added 30 points of his own and the duo annihilated the Wizards. For the Wizards, John Wall and Bradley Beal combined for just 36 points and Washington is now at 13th place on the eastern conference standings.
Let us look at three talking points from the historic night.
#3 Draymond Green has himself a night
Draymond Green is the leader of the team and he is always there to motivate the players with his pep talk. He is also one of the league's finest defenders and won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 2017.
Green has always been a team player and doesn't really care about the stats as long as the Warriors get the win and that mindset has definitely played a key role in Warriors achieving the accolades that they have, over the years.
Playing alongside two of the best scorers in the league, it is Draymond's defense that the Warriors desire the most. In the game against the Wizards, Green showed his court vision and dished out 12 dimes. He finished the game with 5 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists and a steal after playing for just 28 minutes.
#2 Kevin Durant's red-hot performance
After scoring 38 points in the game against Jazz, Durant had an off-night against the Nuggets and the Warriors went on to lose the game. In the game against the Suns, he played for just 26 minutes but made an impact as the Warriors defeated Phoenix.
Against the Wizards, the 9-time All-Star exploded and scored 30 points on a red-hot shooting performance of 13-18 from the field. He was unconscious and his mid-range jumpers just had another night at the office as they kept finding the hoop.
With the Warriors up big by 21 points and the game being all but done, Durant entertained the home crowd with a huge slam. He finished the game with 30 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. The 2014 MVP was +26 on the game and that shows the amount of impact he had on the night.
#1 Stephen Curry goes berserk
Stephen Curry is already making a strong case for MVP. The two-time MVP has been phenomenal in the first week and he dropped 51 points against the Wizards and lit up the Oracle Arena. He knocked down three-pointers from way downtown and toyed with the Wizards.
Curry finished the historic night, shooting 15-24 from the field, ridiculous 11-16 from beyond the arc and perfect 10-10 from the free-throw line. All of this he did in just 3 quarters and did not play the fourth as the Warriors were up big by the end of the third quarter.
He went on to score 51 points, to go along with 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and the Wizards' defenders had no answer to Curry's red-hot performance. With the unanimous MVP in such a terrific form early in the season, the MVP chants are growing louder with each passing day.
