Number crunch: Stephen Curry strikes 40 again as Warriors move to 20-0
A statistical look at the Warriors’ 116-99 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday.
4: Times All-Star point guard Stephen Curry has scored 40 points by the end of the third quarter this season. The rest of the NBA combined has reached that mark just once.
4: Quarters in which Curry has scored at least 20 points this season. Nobody in the NBA has more than one.
5: Three-pointers Curry made in five attempts during his 28-point third quarter.
20 in a row. #DubNation pic.twitter.com/z8xCk1mZMA
— Golden St. Warriors (@warriors) December 3, 201514: Shots Curry made in 18 attempts.
15: Points All-Star Klay Thompson scored in the first quarter en route to a 21-point night.
18: Shot attempts by Curry, the fewest he has taken to reach the 40-point mark in a game this season.
20: Wins in a row to start the season by the Warriors.
The Warriors join the 1884 St. Louis Maroons (MLB) as the only major pro sports teams in history to start a season with 20 straight wins.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 3, 201523: Regular-season games won consecutively by the Warriors dating to last season.
24: Points Curry scored in the last 7:26 of the third quarter. The rest of the team went scoreless.
34: Three-point attempts by Golden State, which made 16 for 47.1 percent shooting.
40: Points or more scored by Curry in six games this season.
60: Points scored in the first half by Golden State.
The Warriors scored 60 points in the 1st half tonight. They've won 41 of their last 42 games when scoring at least 60 in the 1st half.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 3, 2015100: Three-pointers made by Curry this season.
100: Points or more scored by the Warriors in each of their first 20 games of the season, the first team to do so since the 1990-91 Denver Nuggets.
Compiled by Stuart Rosenberg. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
This story was originally published December 2, 2015 at 9:53 PM with the headline "Number crunch: Stephen Curry strikes 40 again as Warriors move to 20-0."