WATCH: Stephen Curry Drops 40 Points in Three Quarters vs Charlotte

The victory was even sweeter, Curry said, because it was the same night that his father, Dell, was honoured for being the Hornets’ all-time leading scorer during his 1988-98 career with the team.

I’d say he was “inspired” by his dad, but we all know Curry does this kind of thing on an nearly nightly basis. That’s the strength of our team. With Walker struggling and Jefferson out, the team needed someone to step into that go-to guy role. Then, after the Wizards had tied the game, Kobe delivered again, giving the Lakers a 103-101 lead they would never surrender.

Curry’s explosion came over the final 7:26 of the third. “To do it in his hometown like this, 40 points in only three quarters”.

Recently named coach of the month, interim coach Luke Walton said “We don’t focus on the streak, we do’t talk about it a bunch in the locker room”.

It had to put a smile on Dell’s face when Stephen went 5-for-5 in the third quarter on his way to a 40-point night.

Curry said he’s short just a couple of classes and he’s “researched a plan of attack of how to get it done”. In one quarter. Watch him do it. You owe it to yourself to watch him do it. Trust me. The Warriors are some kind of machine, and at this point, it doesn’t seem likely that they can be stopped any time soon. “You expect to make them even though some nights it’s off”.

Klay Thompson was the only other Golden State player in double figures with 21, 15 of those coming in the first quarter. Andrew Bogut also pulled down 11 rebounds.

Bryant entered his lone appearance in Washington shooting 30.1 percent from the field.

The Hornets (10-8) shot just 37.2 percent from the field, including guard Kemba Walker’s woeful two of 16.

That was the case Wednesday in Charlotte, not that the Hornets’ crowd was about to turn on a team led by Curry, born in Akron but raised on Muggsy Bogues, Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning.

Hornets: Charlotte officially signed coach Steve Clifford to a multiyear contract extension.

“They are so good because the style of play they’ve created is so free-flowing”, Waters said of the Warriors. During the third quarter, Curry took charge with 28 points.

Normally we’d caution against this sort of hyperbole, but the Lakers’ 33-game winning streak in 1972 – still the longest such streak in National Basketball Association history – is absolutely in play.

Despite Curry’s popularity, Davidson athletic director Jim Murphy said there hasn’t been any movement to make an exception and allow him the recognition.