With a barrage of three-pointers and shifty slashes into the paint, Stephen Curry put on a show for the Golden State Warriors, scoring a game-high 31 points in his team's 95-85 Game 1 win over the Houston Rockets on Sunday.

When the Golden State Warriors added Jimmy Butler at the trade deadline, it felt like a proper present for Steph Curry to at least give him a chance to play -- as he termed it -- meaningful basketball again.

Stephen Curry isn’t letting anyone diminish Jimmy Butler’s impact, especially not Charles Barkley. Following the Golden State Warriors’ 95–85 Game 1 win over the Houston Rockets, Curry was his usual electric self,