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NBA Recap: MVP Stephen Curry Erupts With 51 Points as Golden States Warriors Record 8th Straight Win

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(Photo : gettyimages.com) Stephen Curry scored 51 big points as the Golden State Warriors took on the Washington Wizards.

The reigning National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry of the Golden States Warriors erupted with 51 big points, including 11 shots from the three-point region in their 134-121 triumph over the Washington Wizards.

Curry had his worst offensive game performance this season in their Sunday match against the New York Knicks finishing the game with just 13 points. But he bounced back and came up strong and fully-loaded on Wednesday night leading the NBA's defending champions Warriors to their eight consecutive victories.

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The 2015 NBA Three-Point Shootout champion registered his second 50-point game performance of the season. Curry made 19 shots out of his 28 attempts from the field and connected 11 treys out of the 16 shots he fired from beyond the arc region.

The 2015 Associated Press Athlete of the Year recipient was just one three-pointer away from drawing Kobe Bryant and Donyell Marshall's single-game record of 12 made three-point shots.

Hitting 13-of-14, the 27-year-old All-Star got going early in the best first half of his career for 36 points. Curry drained his first six shots from the floor and was feeling it, especially from 3-point territory.

"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 stated, according to ESPN. "It's a fun feeling, and you want to ride that until you can't anymore."

The Warriors superstar missed seven of the 10 shots he unleashed during the third period but was supreme most of the night.  With the win, the Golden States improved to 45-4 and matched the 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers' record for the best 49-game start in NBA history.

On the other hand, Wizards superstar John Wall scored his season-high of 41 points.

"It's like Kobe Bryant] when he had 81," the 2010 NBA draft No. 1 pick 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."

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