WASHINGTON, Feb.23 (Xinhua) -- Stephen Curry scored 36 points as the Golden State Warriors beat the Atlanta Hawks 102-92 on Monday night, improving to 50-5 as the fastest team ever to reach 50 wins in NBA history.

"Fifty wins is great," Curry said, "but we've got to keep plugging away and staying hungry, because nobody wants to talk about that in June."

Klay Thompson added 27 points for the Warriors. Draymond Green only had six points, but grabbed 14 rebounds and nine assists. Al Horford led the Hawks with 23 points. D. Schroder added 18 points and J. Teague had 16.