Behind Stephen Curry's MVP-like start with the Warriors - ESPN

The Golden State Warriors were losing their grip on an early-season test against the rival Sacramento Kings, and Stephen Curry had seen enough.

It was Oct. 27, and Golden 1 Center fans had witnessed a furious 20-6 fourth-quarter run to cut the Warriors' lead — 15 points just three minutes earlier — to five with 45 seconds remaining.

As Andrew Wiggins cut to the basket, pulling two defenders toward him, Curry snuck out to the top of the 3-point line as two Kings unsuccessfully closed out.

Night night.

Curry's 41-point performance in the second game of the season, a 122-114 win for the Warriors, set the tone for a red-hot start, even by Steph standards.

Curry is averaging 30.9 points on 55.1% shooting from the field, 46.5% from 3 and 94.4% from the free throw line. He is the only player in NBA history to average at least 30 points through his first eight games of a season at age 35 or older, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.

This is the third time Curry has averaged 30 points on 50-45-90 shooting splits through his first eight games in a season — a feat no other NBA player has done.

Curry has led the Warriors outright in scoring in all eight games, the longest streak to begin a season by a player at age 35 or older.

«He is one of the hardest workers to play the game,» Warriors guard Klay Thompson told ESPN of Curry's hot start. «The sky is the limit. He might change the narrative of what it looks like to be elite till you're 40. LeBron [James] is doing the same and Steph is following suit.»

Curry has already had a handful of dazzling moments this season: his big game in Sacramento, the «Kevin McCallister from Home Alone» celebration after cooking Dillon Brooks in Houston, and his last-second game winner