When Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson play the way they did on Wednesday against the Hornets, you can pretty much book a Warriors victory.
Golden State improved to 25-1 when either Curry or Thompson lead the team outright in scoring, as was the case in its 15-point win over the Hornets. The Splash Brothers combined for 68 points, 10 more than the rest of the Warriors.
Curry and Thompson combined for 65 points through three quarters, the third-most points they've scored through three quarters as teammates before just Thompson played in the fourth.
Curry and Thompson also became the second pair of teammates over the past 20 years to each score 25 points in the first half. James Harden and Chandler Parsons did it on Nov. 23, 2012, against the Knicks.
Their hot shooting helped the Warriors score at least 75 points in the first half for the fourth time this season. The rest of the NBA combined has done this four times with no team doing it more than once. Golden State also tied a franchise record with 15 3-pointers in the first half.
Curry knocked down 11 3-pointers, the eighth time he has hit double-digit 3-pointers in a game. Nobody else has done it more than three times.
This is the third time in his career that Curry has had more than 10 3s and more than five assists. No other player has ever done this even once. Thompson, meanwhile, tied a career high by dishing eight assists, one of three Warriors (along with Curry and Kevin Durant) to have that many.
The Warriors led by 25 after three quarters, which allowed them to get plenty of rest ahead of Thursday night's game at the Clippers. That's a rematch of Saturday's game in Oakland that the Warriors won by 46, the second-largest margin of victory by any team this season.
Curry will be attempting to make his first 3-pointer of the season at Staples Center as he's 0-for-18 in his first two road games against the Lakers and Clippers. Those are his only two games over the last two seasons without a 3-point make.
While Curry attempts to break that streak, he will also seek to continue the Warriors' eight-game win streak over the Clippers, who have not beaten Golden State since Christmas Day in 2014.
