OAKLAND, Calif. — There was a span on Friday night, barely more than a minute, when Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant drained 3-pointers on three straight possessions against the Portland Trail Blazers. It was just an N.B.A. preseason game, but the check-your-phone-and-miss-it sequence sent the home crowd into a full-throated frenzy and made all the postgame highlights.
Those are not the plays that Warriors guard Stephen Curry will remember most from the preseason. His favorite came two nights earlier against the Los Angeles Lakers in San Diego.
The Warriors, aligned on the perimeter far from the basket, passed the ball six times with so much speed that the defenders helplessly scrambled a step or two behind.