On Monday night, the Golden State Warriors beat the Detroit Pistons 120-109. The Warriors played poorly and barely beat a lottery club without key players in key positions. However, the Dubs will start the season off with a victory.

Even though the Warriors were playing the second game of a back-to-back with their full roster available, the team consistently looked fatigued. Before Steph Curry got going, the Pistons went out to an early lead in the first quarter.

In the early going of the season, Curry has been a strong candidate for Most Valuable Player. He scored 34 points and was plus-17 for the game. He was the only player on either team with more than 21 points.

The rest of the Dubs’ bench did contribute some offense to assist out Curry. In just over 21 minutes of action, Chris Paul recorded 17 points, 4 rebounds, and 6 assists. Bench players Dario ari and Jonathan Kuminga each contributed 10 points. There were many positive contributions from Gary Payton II and Moses Moody.

Pistons rookies Cade Cunningham, Killian Hayes, and Ausar Thompson were instrumental in keeping their team in the game for the majority of the night. With 21 points, 4 boards, and 5 dimes, Cunningham had a solid game. Hayes, who is notoriously inefficient from the field, shot 8 for 11 (including 3 for 4 from deep) and finished with 21 points, four boards, and eight assists. Thompson scored 16 points and grabbed 6 boards while also recording 5 steals.

With seven minutes remaining in regulation, the Warriors took control of the game thanks to a scoring run from Steph that put them up by two possessions.