NBA 2018-19: The best individual performances of the season so far

4) Steph's 51-point barrage - 51 points without playing a minute in the fourth quarter

Washington Wizards v Golden State Warriors

NBA fans are no strangers to incredible three-quarter performances by Curry. Before the Warriors were villains, they were the league's darlings mostly because of Curry and his scoring barrages.

Since 2015, Curry has had 15 games in which he has scored 40+ points in 36 minutes or fewer. Before Kevin Durant's arrival, Curry would regularly sit out fourth quarters of blowout wins with massive scoring totals already next to his name. With Durant on board, the scoring load is shared more and though he still sits out fourth quarters a lot, Curry's scoring stampedes aren't as frequent as they once were.

When Curry gets hot, he does so in a flash, and this performance against Washington may have been his finest three-quarter performance yet.

Curry finished the third quarter with 51 points on 15/24 shooting with an 11/16 clip from beyond the arc to bury the Wizards. Sadly, as is the case with most of Curry's best heat check games, he didn't play a minute in the fourth quarter and we didn't get to see how high he could have gone.

When Curry is cooking, the Warriors almost always win big and he rarely plays in the fourth. This will go down as one of Curry's biggest 'what-if' games, but even in three quarters, he managed to make it one of his greatest.