After Steph Curry dropped a career-high 62 points against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night, the Golden State Warriors didn’t have much time to celebrate.
For the first time during the 2020-21 season, the Warriors played the second leg of a back-to-back with the Sacramento Kings in town.
Despite facing the first back-to-back of the season, the Warriors showed no signs of fatigue against their Northern California rivals.
The Warriors went on a run in the first quarter, outscoring the Kings 37-20. Golden State’s first 12 minutes set the tone for a wire-to-wire blowout victory over Sacramento, 137-106.
Curry led the Warriors with 30 points on 9-of-18 shooting from the field with nine rebounds and eight assists in 31 minutes.
After struggling to find the bottom of the net to start the season, the Warriors shot 52% from the field as a unit against the Kings with 23 triples from beyond the arc.
After moving above .500 for the first time of the early season, the Warriors will be tested with multiple playoff contenders coming to San Francisco over the next stretch of games. On Wednesday, the Warriors open a two-game “baseball series” with Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers.
Here are three notes from the Warriors’ blowout win over the Kings.
