The Warriors reminded everyone how dominant they are with a blowout against the top team in the West — and they're about to get even better

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• The reigning NBA champion Golden State Warriors sent a signal to the rest of the league that they are still the team to beat Tuesday night.
• The Warriors blew out the Denver Nuggets — who have the best home record in the NBA — by 31 points on their home floor and set an NBA record with 51 points in the first quarter.
• Golden State is already annihilating the best teams in the league, but they're about to get even better with the addition of DeMarcus Cousins.
• Cousins is set to make his season debut in Golden State's contest against the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.

The Golden State Warriors just put the entire NBA on notice.

After talks of the Nuggets supplanting the reigning NBA champions as the best team in the Western Conference, Golden State traveled to Denver — where the Nuggets boast the best home record in the league — to face the Nikola Jokic-led squad head-on.

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