No rust on Curry in dominant return to center spotlight

OAKLAND, California - Long before Tuesday's tipoff, Stephen Curry swished his routine tunnel shot on the second try.

Once the game began, the two-time NBA MVP stood at the bench anxiously waiting for his turn, shaking his legs and clapping his hands with nervous energy.

Then - mouthpiece dangling, of course - Curry finally entered at the 4:20 mark of the first quarter to a roaring ovation from the Oracle Arena crowd and immediately went to work.