Curry and Green have Warriors looking elite

Peaking?

No, we won’t go that far. But the Warriors’ two best players — the backbone of the greatest run of Warriors basketball anyone has ever seen — have reached another level this season.

Stephen Curry is playing not just like an MVP, but a unanimous MVP. Who else is on his level right now? I’d say that he’s the best player on the planet right now, but he’s operating in a different universe than the rest of the game right now.

And what Draymond Green is doing on defense in this, his 10th season in the league, is flabbergasting.

Together, Curry and Green are the best duo in the NBA right now. Curry anchoring the offense with his next-level shooting, Green, the defense.

As such, the Warriors are 11-1 and average the most points per game while allowing the fewest points per 100 possessions in the league.

Curry dropped 40 on Friday, his third 40-plus game on the season. He’s second in the NBA in scoring to Kevin Durant, but what’s crazy is that Curry hasn’t even played his best basketball this season. He’s affecting everything on the offensive end — his gravity is still the most powerful force in the league — but he’s not shooting 50 percent from the field or 40 percent from beyond the arc. I’d bet on his numbers creeping up in the days and weeks to come. Thirty points per game, on average, is not out of the question.

And while the Warriors don’t need Curry to be thermonuclear on a nightly basis this season, as they did last year, it’s not something they dislike.

Curry is playing at an insane level — one few players have ever been able to reach. The Warriors don’t need it, but he can reach down and find a bit more.

Green, meanwhile is operating in top gear.

He is, of course, the anchor of the Warriors’ league-best defense, but his individual contribution to the team effort is a masterclass in outside-in defending. He’s one of the few defenders in the history of the NBA who can dictate what an opposing offense does.

We saw that Friday with the Bulls. The Warriors forced Chicago to do things they have tried to avoid all season. They were a half-court, slow-it-down team playing fast because Green and co. said so. It brought out bad habits from Zach LaVine, who turned the ball over seven times, had zero assists, and shot four contested 3-pointers.

Not good.

Unless you’re rooting for the defense.

And it’s hardly just Green, though I think it’s fair to say