Wow, wow, wow.

This was already a great game on paper, with the newly resurgent Golden State Warriors hosting the upstart Memphis Grizzlies (who were even nice enough to talk some smack prior to the game). But Stephen Curry and the Warriors were just too much to handle.

We will mostly spend our time talking about Curry’s big night (and rightfully so), but there is no way that this game ends up in the win column without key contributions from the Warriors’ big offseason additions. And by big, I mean one of the shortest guys on the team.

Grant Liffmann @GrantLiffmann

Gary Payton II tonight: 22 pts 9-16 fg 4-7 3pt

5:28 AM ∙ Dec 24, 2021

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Golden State Warriors @warriors

Season-high 22 points ☔️ Career-high 4 threes ☔️ Way to get after it tonight, @Garydwayne

5:50 AM ∙ Dec 24, 2021

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We will have a bunch more on this game tomorrow, but watching Curry shake off an ankle injury and go nuclear is like watching old school Hulk Hogan get the shakes before he whooped his opponent. We’ll have to see how Curry’s ankle holds up for the Christmas day game, but it sure did seem to light a fire under him tonight. He tweaked it late in the second half, but it just seemed to dial him in more. Wild stuff.

Antonin @antonin_org

46 PTS on 84 TS% for Stephen Curry tonight. That's his 5th 40-point game of the season, most in the NBA.

5:29 AM ∙ Dec 24, 2021

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One day off. Then what was supposed to be a big showdown against the Phoenix Suns. Given the roster limitations for the Warriors though, and the impending return of Klay Thompson, I’m a whole lot less concerned about the Suns game as any sort of meaningful litmus test.

Warriors on NBCS @NBCSWarriors

Otto block ➡️ Steph three

3:15 AM ∙ Dec 24, 2021

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This Warriors roster is tough. Let’s get Thompson back in the mix and see what we have!

Nightwing (25-6) @Black_Thunder35

Steph Curry this season: 50 point games: T-1st(1) 45+ point games: 1st(3) 40+ point games: 1st(5) 35+ point games: 1st(7) 30+ point games: 3rd(12) 25+ point games: T-3rd(17) 20+ point games: T-2nd(25) 15+ point games: T-2nd(28)

5:41 AM ∙ Dec 24, 2021

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