Stephen Curry was not pleased with Jordan Poole — and officers tossed him from the sport within the remaining seconds on Wednesday night time. (Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
Stephen Curry needed the shot late on Wednesday night time.
After seeing teammate Jordan Poole take it, and miss it, as a substitute of passing it to him on the emblem on the Chase Center late of their 122-120 win over the Memphis Grizzlies, Curry misplaced it a bit.
The Golden State Warriors star took out his mouth guard and threw it down the courtroom out of frustration as he was operating again on protection, which led to a fast ejection.
While Curry’s response wasn’t towards the officers, it didn’t matter. They hit him with a technical foul and threw him out on the spot. He completed with 34 factors and shot 10-of-19 from the sphere in 35 minutes.
Poole didn’t appear to comprehend why Curry was so upset after the sport, both.
“I did not see what occurred on the time,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr stated, by way of NBC Sports. “When the ref referred to as it, I used to be confused. Then the coach advised me he threw the mouthpiece down out of anger … He is aware of he cannot make that mistake once more.”
The ejection got here with the Warriors holding a two-point lead and solely 73 seconds left within the recreation.
Though Curry didn’t get to see it in particular person, Poole greater than made up for his missed shot ultimately. Poole sank a heavily-contested layup on an inbound cross with only one second left to offer the Warriors the two-point win.
Poole completed with 21 factors, seven assists and 5 rebounds.
While issues had been tense on the ground, the 2 appeared greater than high quality within the tunnel after the win.
Ja Morant led Memphis with 29 factors and 13 assists within the loss whereas taking pictures 10-of-20 from the sphere. Desmond Bane added 20 factors, and Brandon Clarke completed with 19 factors and eight rebounds. The Grizzlies have now misplaced 4 straight on the heels of a powerful 11-game win streak.
Outside of Curry and Poole, Klay Thompson added 24 factors for the Warriors within the win. Jonathan Kuminga was their solely different participant to hit double digits with 13 factors. The win lifted Golden State to 24-24 on the 12 months, and was its fourth win in seven video games.
