Stephen Curry stars as Warriors become first team to book place in second round

Golden State coach Steve Kerr dead-panned that he’d be relaxing on the beach while waiting to find out who would be the Warriors’ second-round playoff opponent.

“I’ll be in Cabo all week. I told the guys just to get some work in if they want,” Kerr said, unable to stop himself from smiling before he got to the end of the sentence.

Among those who won’t be laughing are the Warriors’ next opponents, who will have to figure out how to stop Stephen Curry and Co. from scoring in bunches, as they did in their convincing four-game sweep of burgeoning young All-Star Anthony Davis and the upstart New Orleans Pelicans.

Now Golden State await the winners of the Memphis-Portland matchup. Memphis leads the series 3-0.

The Warriors came through with their most complete performance of the first-round, building a 13-point lead at halftime, widening it to 24 late in the third quarter and squelching the Pelicans’ desperate, last-gasp bid in the fourth quarter, 109-98.