The Golden State Warriors beat the Detroit Pistons 120-109 on Monday. The Warriors barely beat a lottery club without multiple rotation players in an awful performance. The Dubs will triumph early in the season.

Golden State had their complete rotation on the second half of a back-to-back, but they were exhausted from two games in 48 hours. The Pistons led early in the first quarter before Steph Curry heated up.

Curry maintained his MVP odds early in the season. Game-high 34 points, +17 plus/minus. He was the only player on either team with over 21 points.

Curry got some offensive help from the Dubs bench. Chris Paul scored 17 points, 4 rebounds, and 6 assists in 21 minutes. Jonathan Kuminga and Dario Šarić also scored double-digit points off the bench. Gary Payton II and Moses Moody also contributed nicely.

Young Pistons Cade Cunningham, Killian Hayes, and Ausar Thompson powered Detroit for most of the game. Cunningham had 21 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists. Hayes, who rarely shoots well, had 21 points, 4 rebounds, and 8 assists on 8-for-11 shooting (3-for-4 from three). Thompson had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals.

Steph’s surge gave the Warriors a two-possession lead with seven minutes left in regulation, and Golden State eventually put the Pistons away.