Stephen Curry cooks LeBron off the dribble in Game 2

A Golden State Warriors game isn’t really a Warriors game until Stephen Curry does something electric. Well, Game 2 is a officially a Warriors game.

While Curry isn’t having his most efficient performance — he’s only 4-of-12 from the field, including 2-of-9 from 3, it doesn’t mean that any time he can’t do something that reminds everyone why he’s the reigning back-to-back MVP — until June 26 of course.

So, because it’s not working from outside, Curry figured he might as well work inside. Starting at the baseline, Curry dribbled back out to the 3-point line, where he hit LeBron with a hesitation and then blew past him and then split he and Love to make the layup:

Curry’s reaction after the bucket was undoubtedly shared by many basketball fans worldwide.

LeBron isn’t the all-world defender he used to be during his Miami days, but any one-on-one possession against the King will be one of the hardest an opposing player will face. To his credit, he stayed with Curry throughout the possession and didn’t receive much help when LeBron forced Curry into Love’s help. To LeBron’s discredit, he sagged off to time a block from behind, giving Curry some extra space.

Curry’s ability to make plays like that have been a talking point in this Warriors-Cavaliers Finals trilogy. Depending on your rooting interests, Curry was either hampered by his knee injury in last year’s NBA Finals or he just had a bad series. The biggest example of the split in opinion is his last-minute possession against Love in Game 7 of last year’s Finals.

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Regardless of your opinion, there is no doubt Curry is back to using his all-world handle to getting past any defender. And, sure, that 3-point proficiency will be back soon, too.