The Golden State Warriors' first win of the season, a 134-114 takedown of the tough Denver Nuggets, was an encouraging game for a myriad of reasons. 

It featured an outstanding performance from rookie forward Yaxel Lendeborg, a strong showing off the bench from veteran center Al Horford and a perfect shooting night from star guard Steph Curry.

Curry scored 24 points while shooting 8-8 from the field, 3-3 from three point range and 5-5 from the free throw line in a performance that didn't leave a single shot wasted while he displayed his prowess and gravity that has made him one of the best players of his generation. 

The star guard's shooting prowess has never been in doubt this season: he's averaging 23.7 points through the first three games of the season while shooting 52.6% from the field. But to have a perfect shooting night from Curry once again prove that not only has he not lost a step in his 18th season, he can still be the Warriors made offensive engine.

Such a performance has a great effect on being able to motivate his teammates to play at their best while giving them both the assurance of him being able to take over a game and provide his teammates the support for them to do the same.

When Curry is hot, or perfect, like he was against the Nuggets, he immediately ups the pace of the game in a way that speeds up his teammates in the best way and speed up his opponents in a way that works to their detriment.

"He had some assists, but also he had some plays where he was just the reason that we were open," head coach Steve Kerr said (via Joseph Dycus). "Then in the second half, we just decided to free him up a little more... He got hot right away."

One of Curry's best skills, and one that was firmly on display against the Nuggets, is his gravity. When you have someone that can put together a perfect shooting night and is notorious for their ability to do so, opposing defenses have to put their energy into chasing him around.

That makes things easier for the Warriors to game plan around, since they can have a reasonable expectation of what's going to happen each time. That's why Kerr was able to free Curry up so effectively when he was what Curry was cooking up and dispatched the rest of the offseason on the mission of freeing him up.

That in turn also opened the door for Lendeborg to be as dominant as he was as the Nuggets' defense put so much emphasis on guarding Curry that Lendeborg was essentially free to operate at will.

With Curry's scoring being so on point, he has a trickle-down affect on the rest of the team that lifts them alongside him and with more shooting nights like to be expected from Curry, more offense from the team around him can be expected as well.