Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (30) celebrates his 3-point basket with the crowd during the first half in Game 1 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Houston Rockets Saturday, April 16, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (30) celebrates his 3-point basket with the crowd during the first half in Game 1 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Houston Rockets Saturday, April 16, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Oakland, Calif. — Stephen Curry dazzled from long range and drove to the hoop from every angle with flair and fire.

It took a tweaked ankle to slow him down and get him out of the game.

Curry scored 24 points before leaving with an ankle injury as the Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 104-78 on Saturday in their playoff opener.

Draymond Green added 12 points and 10 rebounds as top-seeded Golden State carried momentum from setting the all-time wins record Wednesday night with No. 73 into a testy playoff opener some 60 hours later.

Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is Monday night at Oracle Arena, and Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Curry is questionable for that one.

The Warriors topped the Michael Jordan-led Bulls of 1995-96, then immediately made one thing clear: That mark will mean nothing if they don’t bring home back-to-back titles to the East Bay.

James Harden scored 17 points and didn’t have a free throw attempt for cold-shooting Houston, held to six field goals in the first quarter of the rematch from last year’s Western Conference finals, won by Golden State in five.

Dwight Howard had 14 points and 11 rebounds and Harden was limited to four fouls and four points in the first half before helping Houston narrow a 27-point deficit to 16 late in the third.

Curry utterly flustered defensive menace Patrick Beverley. Then, when Jason Terry took a turn at stopping the reigning MVP, Curry pulled up for long 3s and drove the baseline for reverse layups on the left side. He dribbled right through traffic in the paint late in the first half before double-pumping and beautifully spinning the ball off the glass.

He didn’t slow down until hurting his right ankle just before halftime, but he got it re-taped and briefly returned before heading back to the locker room with 8:31 to go in the third to have it taped once more and not returning to the game.

Pacers 100, Raptors 90

Toronto— Paul George scored 33 points, Monta Ellis had 15 and Indiana beat Toronto in Game 1 of their first round playoff series.

Jonas Valanciunas fouled out after scoring 12 points and setting a Raptors’ playoff record with 19 rebounds.

All-Star guards Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan both struggled for the second-seeded Raptors. Lowry made 3 of 13 field goal attempts while DeRozan made 5 of 19. The pair went 1 for 10 from 3-point range and 8 for 15 at the free-throw line.

DeRozan finished with 14 points and Lowry had 11. Corey Joseph scored 18.

Toronto dropped to 0-8 in the first game of an opening round playoff series.

Solomon Hill scored 13 points while George Hill and Evan Turner each had 10 for the Pacers.