NEW ORLEANS — Stephen Curry couldn’t get the smile off of his face.
He had just buried a 31-foot rainbow over 6-foot-10 Anthony Davis — a play he later referred to as “a dumb shot that went in.”
“Everybody’s having fun,” Curry recalled. “I’m laughing at myself for taking the shot.”
Curry scored 53 points, breaking open a tight game with a 28-point third quarter, and the unbeaten Warriors defeated the winless Pelicans 134-120 in New Orleans’ home opener Saturday night.
Curry outscored the Pelicans 28-26 in the third, giving him a career high for scoring in a quarter.