TORONTO – "Drake Night," an annual acknowledgment by the Toronto Raptors of hip-hop artist Drake, was Wednesday at Air Canada Centre, and it was ruined.

The sold-out crowd had the Golden State Warriors to thank for that.

Stephen Curry produced a game-high 35 points, and Kevin Durant went for 30 as the Warriors kicked off their four-game road trip in winning fashion by way of a 127-121 victory. Coming in, Curry's career scoring average against the Raptors was 30 points per game, the highest by any player against Toronto. Next-best are Allen Iverson (29.7) and LeBron James (27.4), according to Elias.

Stephen Curry continued to play the role of Raptors-killer on Wednesday. Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images

Golden State (9-2)'s fifth consecutive win was initiated on the defensive end by Draymond Green in the second quarter. After allowing Toronto (7-4) to put up 34 points and shoot 58 percent in the opening frame, Green spearheaded a Warriors second-quarter defensive push by limiting the Raptors to 15 points in the quarter on 5-of-24 shooting (21 percent).

Green was all over the court defensively. In the first quarter, Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry attempted to take Green one-on-one. He penetrated to the paint with Green on his hip, and the power forward rejected his shot.

“Draymond was brilliant. The whole quarter, I thought he was great,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.

Midway through the second quarter, Lowry drove baseline past Curry, but Green left his man and raced toward the basket for a vicious, chase-down block. Moments later, second-year guard Norman Powell dribbled into the paint to challenge Green at the basket, but Green stripped him cleanly and stole the ball to start the Warriors' fast break.

Frustration began to set in, and tempers flared. With less than two minutes before intermission, Lowry and DeMar DeRozan picked up technical fouls for arguing with the officials. The Warriors, who hadn't held a lead in the first 12 minutes of the contest, found themselves up by as many 15.

“He’s been great all year," Durant said of Green. “He sets the tone for us, defending, making the right play, being aggressive on the offensive end and defensive end. He’s just a basketball player. You can’t hold him to just one thing. He does it all.”

The fans in attendance on Drake's night were mute and in disbelief going into the break. Everything was going the Warriors' way.

But it didn't start off so well for Golden State. The Warriors came out sluggish and out of sync. Prior to imposing their will, Curry and Zaza Pachulia had a two-on-one break in the second quarter, and Curry bounced the ball to his big man, who went up wildly for a layup. The ball rolled around the rim and looked as if it would spin out, but it eventually found the bottom of the net. It appeared as if it would be one of those nights when nothing comes easily.

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Golden State built its lead to 19, but DeRozan went for 19 of his team-high 34 points in the third to help his team climb within five with less than two minutes remaining in the period.

Then Curry answered back, connecting on two huge, momentum-swinging 3-pointers to give the Warriors a nine-point cushion going into the fourth. The Raptors faced an 18-point margin in the fourth but kept fighting to cut it to four with 13 seconds left. Even so, their mini-run was too little, too late.

“A good way to start the trip, beating a really, really good team on the road in a very tough environment,” Kerr said. “A lot to be happy about and a lot to work on too.”

Klay Thompson added 15 points, and Green supplied 11 points, seven rebounds, five assists, two steals and three blocks. Lowry ended with 24 points and five assists for Toronto.

Drake, the Raptors' global ambassador, was seen talking trash all night from his courtside seat near the scorers' table. He was sporting a long-sleeved T-shirt with a picture of ESPN's Doris Burke on the front and the caption, "Woman Crush Everyday."

The Raptors didn't end up crushing Golden State, though.

“He’s been talking junk for a couple of weeks now,” Green said of Drake. “Talking about how they were going to beat us and that it’s Drake Night. He may be a little disappointed. The shirt was nice, the shirt was really nice, but his boots were so bad, and I was a little disappointed in his outfit overall.”

The Raptors did outscore the Warriors in the third and fourth quarters, which illustrates the importance of that defensive effort in the second quarter.

“The second quarter was great,” Kerr said. “It was one of the best quarters we’ve played, and it’s probably the only quarter we played tonight the way we want to play ... that was the key to the game.”

Golden State has taken 13 of its past 15 games against the Raptors. Toronto wrapped a brutal two-game stretch, having played the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers the night before on the road.