With Stephen Curry resting, someone had to carry the scoring load for Golden State on Sunday — and rookie Yaxel Lendeborg seized the job, pouring in a career-best 37 points on six 3-pointers as the Warriors beat the Los Angeles Clippers 124-112.

The outburst was historic. Yahoo Sports reported the 37 points were the most by a Warriors rookie in the relevant franchise record books, putting Lendeborg's name alongside Wilt Chamberlain among Golden State's greats. One account quoted around the game described the rookie simply as "remarkable."

It also qualified as a bounce-back. Lendeborg had struggled in a recent outing, and the response — a franchise-history scoring night against a division rival, without the team's superstar on the floor — is exactly the kind of answer coaching staffs want to see from a first-year player.

For the Warriors, the bigger takeaway may be roster flexibility: getting a double-digit win over the Clippers on a Curry rest night, behind a rookie's career game, is found money in the early-season standings.