Curry single-handedly outscores Pelicans, Durant and Westbrook rack up 40 points in double overtime thriller

The captain of the defending champions the Golden State Warriors, Steph Curry, looks even better than he did last season. The 2015 NBA MVP showed he hasn’t missed a step with his 40 points in the season opener and followed it up with an exhilarating 53-point masterpiece. The New Orleans Pelicans were once again at the receiving end of Steph’s arsenal as he wove through them and landed ridiculously long three-pointers.

The game was on an even keel at the end of the second quarter, with the Pelicans leading at 65-64. Just when it seemed that the fatigue of back-to-back games might be getting to them, Curry star stepped up and wrested the game away, singe-handedly outscoring the Pelicans 28-26 in the 3^rd quarter. This makes him the only player since Michael Jordan in 1989 to score 118 points in the first 3 games of a season.

Curry made 8 three-pointers and 9 assists en-route to his 53 point game, which was just one short of his 54-point magnus opus in 2013. Here’s the video of the unbelievable 3^rd quarter:

WESTBROOK AND KEVIN DURANT MAKE 40+ TO SAVE THE GAME AGAINST THE MAGIC

Russel Westbrook banked in a game-saving three-pointer from just inside halfcourt with 2 seconds left to force the match into the first of 2 overtimes against the Orlando Magic. Victor Oladipo would swish a three in the dying seconds of the 4^th quarter which seemed a match-winner, with the Thunder having no time-outs remaining. But Westbrook would effortlessly astonish the crowd with a jumpshot from just ahead of the half-court border to equalize and force overtime.

Westbrook’s floater would put the Thunder ahead in the first overtime, but Magic’s star Guard Victor Oladipo would sink a corner three to force a second overtime. The Magic went toe-to-toe and a 3^rd overtime seemed likely, until Kevin Durant made an all-important block, sealing the win for his team. Westbrook finished with 48 points and 8 assists, and Durant collected 43 at the end of the game.

Here are the highlights: