The Warriors were buried by 25 points Friday night. Then Stephen Curry took over. Golden State stormed all the way back against the Lakers in both teams' NBA Cup opener, finishing off a 112-95 win behind 31 points from Curry — a swing so extreme that, per Yahoo Sports, no NBA team in the play-by-play era had ever trailed by 25 and won by 17.

The night's signature moment came at Luka Dončić's expense. Curry hit him with a vicious crossover that sent the Lakers star to the floor, an ankle-breaker that instantly made the highlight rounds and punctuated the comeback. The Sporting News noted the sequence came in the teams' first NBA Cup meeting of the season, another chapter in what has quickly become a fun early-season rivalry between the two California franchises.

For the Lakers, it's a brutal way to drop a Cup game: control the night for long stretches, then watch a 25-point cushion evaporate into a 17-point loss. For Golden State, it's the kind of statement win that travels — a record-book comeback, a vintage Curry scoring night, and a viral clip of the league's most famous handle doing what it has done to defenders for the better part of two decades.