Warriors Curry Perfect Night Ends Winless Start

The Warriors Curry perfect night finally ended Golden State's winless start, as Stephen Curry hit all eight of his shots in a 134-114 rout of the Denver Nuggets on Monday night. After three straight losses to open the season, the Dubs needed something, and they got it from a veteran who waited until the second half to show up.

A Quiet Half, Then a Takeover

For the first fourteen minutes, Curry barely touched the ball in the scoring column. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, he took exactly one shot in the first half, a strangely passive effort from the franchise star. He made it, a three-pointer, and Golden State held only a four-point lead heading into the third quarter.

Then everything flipped. The Warriors' own game recap says Curry scored seventeen points in the third quarter alone, going six for six from the field. That run turned a tight game into a double-digit lead, and the Nuggets never recovered.

By the final buzzer, Curry had twenty-four points on eight-for-eight shooting, including three-for-three from deep and five-for-five at the free throw line. Twenty-one of those points came after halftime. He also added three rebounds, three assists and two steals in twenty-seven minutes.

Perfection Is Rare, Even for Curry

Here is the wild part: according to NBC Sports, it was only the second time in his entire career that Curry finished a game without missing a shot. For a player who has spent years redefining what a shooter can be, that is a small piece of history in a season that had started badly.

The Chronicle also noted that Curry looked as physically sound and quick as he has since his knee trouble. That matters. Golden State has leaned on Curry's health for years, and a mobile, confident version of him changes how every defense has to play.

The Rookie Who Stole the Headlines

Curry was not even the leading scorer. Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg, the eleventh overall pick in the twenty twenty-six draft out of Michigan, put up thirty-one points and twelve rebounds, according to ESPN and the Associated Press. He added six assists and a block, and shot twelve of thirteen at the free throw line.

The Warriors' recap points out that Lendeborg's thirty-one points make the second-most through a player's first four career games in franchise history. Only Wilt Chamberlain is ahead of him. That is some serious company for a kid just learning the pro game.

He was not perfect, though. Lendeborg shot nine of nineteen overall and just one of eight from three-point range. Still, he kept attacking, got to the line, and gave Golden State a second scoring option when Curry was quiet early.

The Numbers That Sealed It

As a team, the Warriors shot fifty-four point one percent from the field and hit twenty-two of forty-four threes, per the AP report. They also won the rebounding battle fifty to thirty-six. Brandin Podziemski led all players with a plus-thirty-three rating, according to a KNBR podcast summary.

The win keeps Golden State from its first zero-and-four start since the twenty oh-seven oh-eight season. The team now sits at one and three, while Denver falls to one and two.

The Warriors Curry perfect night also showed how much the team has missed his gravity. When Curry runs off screens, defenders chase him everywhere, and that frees up cutters, shooters and rookies alike. Golden State's ball movement looked sharper in the second half, and the bench fed off the energy. Fans had worried that the slow start signalled something deeper, but one dominant road win against a playoff-level opponent calms a lot of nerves. The real test is whether the Dubs can repeat it on consecutive nights, without leaning only on a thirty-something star. Also see our world desk for more headlines today.

What Comes Next

The schedule does not give the Dubs much time to celebrate. According to Audacy, the Warriors visit the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, October twenty-eighth, at five p.m. Pacific. Curry has been sitting out one game of back-to-back sets, so every night he plays carries extra weight.

One game does not fix a slow start, but it does show the blueprint: a healthy Curry in the second half, a rookie who attacks the rim, and a team that shoots like this. If that combination holds, the early panic might fade fast. For more on the league, check out our sports coverage.