A friendly schedule, coupled withan 8-game homestand had theGolden State Warriors off to a flying 11-2 start to the season.Intheir opening two games of 2021-22they beat the Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers, with their recent blowout win over the Chicago Bulls being their only other real test of the season, so tonight's road game against the Brooklyn Nets was earmarked as an 'are the Warriors actually good?' game.NBALeaguePa s: Sign up to unlock Adam Ottavino Jersey live out-of-market games (7-day free trial)Well, after 48 minutes at Barclays Center, the Warriors more than answered the question, cruising to a 117-99 win over the Nets, behind another powerhouse performance from Stephen Curry.Steph Curry in 29 minutes:37 PTS7 REB5 AST12-19 FG9-14 3PIts his 5th career game with 35+ points in le s than 30 minutes, the most by any player since the 3pt era (1980). StatMuse (@statmuse) Curry torched the Nets for 37points, seven rebounds, five a sists and two Greg Holland Jersey steals on a ruthle sly efficient 12-of-19 from the field and 9-of-14 from the 3-point line his fifth game this season with 7+ made threes.He already has three games Carlos Gonzalez Jersey with 40+points on the season.Tonight also marked the 37th game of his career with 9+ 3-pointers Entering the season, Curry had the, behind Giannis Antetokounmpo,Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid and the favourite Luka Doncic and this weekwe had Curry at No. 1 onafter the first month of games.After tonight's performance againstKevin Durant,who we had at No. 2 on the Ladder, Curry only solidified his standing as the early favourite to win the award.Prior to tip-off, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said the race so far was definitely between the former teammates. Yeah, no doubt, to me theyve been the two best players in the league so far, he said of Curry and Durant,who finished with 19 points on 9-of-19 shooting tonight.MORE:Eventhe Barclays Center crowd was raining down MVP chants while Curry was at the free throw line early in the second quarter.MVP chants for Steph in Brooklyn Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) The 33-year-old won back-to-back MVPs in 2014-15 and 2015-16 with his DJ LeMahieu Jersey second coming as the only player ever Colorado Rockies Jersey in NBA history to win the award with a unanimous vote. Last season, despite the Warriors finishing ninth in the Western Conference(39-33) and getting knocked out of the Play-In Tournament, mi sing the post-season, Curry finished third in voting behind Joel Embiid and eventual winner Nikola Jokic after leading the league in scoring at 32.0 points per game.The Warriors now hold a league-best 12-2 record to sit atop the Western Conference, with Curry putting up28.7points, 6.6a sists, 6.3rebounds and 1.7 steals per game through the first 14 games of the season, whileknocking down 40.6 percent of his threes on 13.4 attempts a night.A third MVP trophy would put Curry in rare air as just the ninth player ever to win 3+ MVP trophies, joining Magic Johnson (3), Larry Bird (3), Moses Malone (3) Pat Valaika Jersey , LeBron James (4), Wilt Chamberlain (4), Michael Jordan (5), Bill Ru sell (5) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6).It's still very early in the season to be handing out trophies, but Curry is doing his best to separate himself from the pack.