WASHINGTON (AP) Following one of his worst offensive games this season, reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry stopped thinking about basketball and recalibrated his mind. It worked out just fine. Curry was all systems go Wednesday night as he made 11 3-pointers and scored 51 points to lead the Golden State Warriors past the Washington Wizards 134-121 for their eighth straight victory, which came in spite of a monster performance from John Wall. Wall scored a season-best 41 points in the shadows as Curry shot 13 of 14 for 36 points in the best first half of his career. After scoring just 13 points Sunday at New York, Curry was in a zone, tying Gilbert Arenas and Michael Jordan for the Verizon Center record and reaching 50 for the second time this season. "The shots that you know feel good go in, and some of the shots that you're like, `Oh that's off,' they end up going in," Curry said. "It's a fun feeling, and you want to ride that until you can't anymore." Curry looked human when he missed seven of 10 shots during the third quarter but was dominant most of the night as the Warriors (45-4) matched the 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers for the best 49-game start in NBA history. "It's like Kobe (Bryant) when he had 81," Wall said. "He couldn't miss. You keep defending the best way you can. We challenged some shots. He didn't have too many open looks. He just made them." Curry's 5 of 17 shooting performance against the Knicks was all forgotten by the end of this game. Not like coach Steve Kerr was worried. "I didn't know Steph was in a slump," Kerr said. "Steph's never in a slump." Curry made his first six shots from the floor and was feeling it, especially from 3-point territory. He came one 3 short of tying the single-game record, and though it was on his mind, he didn't start popping shots just to reach it as the game got out of hand. "I was kind of searching but not trying to force with where the game was," Curry said. "You can't mess around with the basketball gods trying to chase a record if the game doesn't call for it." The game called for plenty of baskets because of 18 Golden State turnovers, including seven from Curry. Kerr said that needs to change if the Warriors want to defend their NBA title. Many of those turnovers turned into points for Wall, who shot 17 of 25 and added 10 assists to set the tone for the Wizards (21-26), who led early but never got closer than two after the first quarter. "I was just being aggressive and doing whatever shots I had," Wall said. "It was just a fast-paced game. (I was) also attacking the basket and getting to the rim a little bit." Wall was doing all those things, but Curry was doing it all. He finished 19 of 28 and 11 of 16 from 3 but was still kicking himself for the turnovers more than reveling in the points. "It's one of those games I think I had probably three of them that I shouldn't have had - just a couple lazy passes, telegraphed passes," Curry said. "It happens, but it's frustrating because when they happen, that's when they got back in the game and you don't want to give them any life with transition or easy fast-break opportunities where we can't get our defense set and I was the culprit plenty of times." I do not own anything in this video. No Copyright Infringement Is Intended. I don't take any credits from this video. I do not claim ownership of the footage displayed in this video. Any Audiovisual content in this video is not owned by me. But owned by NBA. All rights reserved to NBA. Visit their Website at www.nba.com

• published: 04 Feb 2016
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