Stephen Curry has enjoyed many legendary shooting performances throughout his long NBA career, but even he was amazed at what he was able to accomplish on Thursday night, writes ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk. Curry sank all eight of his three-point attempts and led the team with 30 points, 10 assists and six rebounds warrior in a blowout of Philadelphia. According to Youngmisuk, it is the most three-pointers he has ever made in a game without a miss, and one less than the NBA record.

“He deserves these nights” trainer Steve Kerr said. “Everything he does and endures for us. It’s so much fun to watch him. And our fans and our coaches, we’re all spoiled to see him play night after night. But we have to cherish these nights. He won’t be around forever and he’s one of the most beautiful basketball players that ever lived and we’re lucky to watch him.”

Curry’s historic night came despite a right thumb sprain that originally ruled him unfit to play. Although he was able to train on Wednesday, he did almost everything left-handed to protect his thumb from further injury. It was also the first game since he called the team’s play “mediocre” following Monday’s loss to Cleveland.

“I know what I said last game and I meant it” Curry said. “Because you are what your record says and we have been playing subpar basketball for a long time. Of course I take responsibility for a lot of this and at the end of the day you just want to play for free and have fun. I celebrated my first three goals and just wanted to bring some joy into the game. That’s why we have to try to maintain, even if the shots aren’t falling for a certain period of a game, we just keep at it.”

There’s more about the Warriors:

• Jonathan Kuminga continued his improved play with 20 points, five rebounds and five assists and shot 8 of 11 from the field, according to Sam Gordon of The San Francisco Chronicle. Kuminga is still used as a reserve player but is playing consistently as Kerr has reduced the rotation to nine players. “You can just tell that he feels comfortable” Draymond Green said. “He knows now, ‘Oh, I’m going to get the ball.’ I’ll have my chances to score, so I just don’t have to show you that I can score anymore. … It just increased his well-being.”
• Kerr thanks the veterans center Kevon Looney and off-season supplementation Kyle Anderson for his willingness to accept reduced roles to make the new rotation successful. (Twitter link from Anthony Slater of The Athletic). “We are so lucky to have these guys on the team. They are the most professional people you could ask for as a coach.” Kerr said. “They are the strange men out there right now. In the NBA it only works when the guys who aren’t playing support the others, are aware of what’s happening and accept it without being happy about it.”
• Dennis Schröder shot just 7 of 34 from three-point range in his first seven games after taking over from Brooklyn, but bounced back from his slump on Thursday by going 3 of 4 from long range and scoring 15 points. After the game, he spoke to reporters about the adjustments he had to make to fit into Kerr’s offense (Slater’s Twitter link).