The Golden State Warriors had two paths they could go down on Thursday night. On the one hand, they could fall victim to the trap of playing a team without its star player. It's happened multiple times this season, and the opportunity presented itself once again when Jalen Brunson was ruled out for the New York Knicks hours before tipoff. 

On the other hand, the Warriors could repeat their performance from Tuesday night and exert their dominance over a starless team as they did against the Portland Trail Blazers.

To the relief of Warriors fans everywhere, the Dubs went with the latter, and in resounding fashion. A 126-113 victory saw the Warriors storm back from a 17-point first-quarter deficit to build a 17-point lead of their own in the fourth quarter, thanks to torrid shooting and an overall gem of an offensive game.

After the win, Steph Curry discussed Jimmy Butler in his postgame press conference and how well Butler takes control of the offense.

"He's very comfortable with the ball in his hands, whether he's trying to score (or) get in the paint and playmake and get other guys shots. And he's just physical. Whenever he gets a shoulder by you, you're not getting back in front of him."

Curry talked specifically about their pick and roll gameplan against the Knicks' defense and how both he and Butler were able to use it to their advantage.

"That's all we're trying to do, especially against a team like that who's trying to switch a lot and keep us on the perimeter. If either me or him can come off and get a little bit of separation — we do it differently, but his ability to just stay composed and see the floor while he's making his presence felt is tough to guard for anybody."

Per usual, Butler and Curry were at the top of the final box score in the points column. Curry didn't lead the team in scoring for the second game in a row, but his 27 points were not far behind Butler's 32-point performance.

Though these two were efficient in their own right, shooting 64% and 59% from the field, respectively, they couldn't hold a candle on Thursday to the third and fourth-highest Warrior scorers.

Moses Moody turned in 21 points on 7-9 shooting from three-point range, while Brandin Podziemski had 19 points and missed just one of his nine shot attempts. 

Some of the other Warrior players, including Draymond Green, De'Anthony Melton, and Quinten Post, had a poor shooting night, but that did little to crack the sky-high numbers the aforementioned four players put up. The Warriors finished the night shooting over 53% from the field and 43% from three — the third and sixth-best marks in any game this year, respectively.

The Warriors' shooting, while liable to disappear in certain games, has largely been a flamethrower over the Warriors' stretch of 10 wins in their last 14 games. They'll try to keep things rolling against the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday evening.