Steph Curry and the Warriors were playing their fifth game in seven nights. His legs didn’t look tired in the first quarter.
Curry went 6-for-6 in his nine minutes in the first quarter, all on three-pointers. It was a great start, but only the second-most threes in a quarter of Curry’s career. He had seven triples in the first quarter eight years ago against the Washington Wizards, finishing that game 11-for-15 from three-point range.
In a matchup between Indiana, the league’s highest-scoring team, and the Warriors, No. 6 in scoring, it’s not a surprise that the teams put up points. Golden State hit eight threes and scored 45 points, while Indiana had five triples of its own. The teams started the game making 11 of their first 14 three-point attempts, even with Indiana trading three-point ace Buddy Hield earlier in the day.
The only one who could stop Curry was Steve Kerr, who pulled Curry with 2:48 left in the quarter. Indiana couldn’t do it, despite sending multiple defenders at Curry, who made three of his long-range bombs from well behind the arc.