“Slung Me Off”: Stephen Curry Got Penalized $35000 for Rare Emotional Outburst 24 Hours Before Msg Shocker

The landscape of NBA media is quickly evolving. Before, it was just traditional reporters. Now, there is a new revolution of players having their own podcasts. Stephen Curry is late, but the four-time champion has hopped on the train too. He and his father Dell Curry began ‘Heat Check’ and released a chapter-wise edition for their first installment. One of the famous stories the Baby Face Assasin narrated was the time he scored 54 at the Garden when facing the vintage New York Knicks. But not many know the dramatic moments that led up to his exquisite performance at the ‘Mecca’.

Just a day prior to facing the Knicks, the Golden State Warriors clashed against the Indiana Pacers. The Bay were still young, raw, and inexperienced as far as their wisdom and maturity went. Indiana at the time was a physical team who didn’t mind battering their opposition. During one of the possession, David Lee, a former Warriors center and Pacers’ Roy Hibbert found themselves in a mix-up. Stephen Curry remembers trying to play the “protector” as he went to escort Hibbert out of the way. Only he forgot the Pacers center was 7’2″ and  270 lbs.

“When I say he just slang me like I wasn’t even there. Slung me off, I went flying into the corner and I escalated the whole situation which was kind of funny. Me being the smallest dude on the court trying to get in the frame”, Curry told his NBA father Dell. The situation went from bad to worse when Stephen Curry intervened. The shoving soon turned into a near-brawl between both teams.

Security had to rush the court in order to install order and harmony once again. Lee and David West were ejected. Lee and Stephen Curry were given technical fouls for their part in the madness. But that wasn’t to be the end of his punishment. “I got fined $35000 for escalating the situation but I was eligible to play the next night,” the ten-time All-Star recalled on ‘Heat Check’. The next night against the Knicks would be the moment Curry announced himself as the coming-of-the-age superstar.

When Stephen Curry laid the foundations of his greatness

A night ago, Stephen Curry had dropped a season-high 38 points in the heated affair against the Pacers. They lost the game and lost a few key players to suspension and injuries. Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks welcomed the Warriors to the most vibrant arena in basketball. Nothing was destined to go the Warriors’ way. Even Curry only scored 4 points in the first quarter and was struggling to find his shot.

And then it all changed. The Chef cooked the Knicks’ hard-nosed and tenacious defensive system for the remaining three quarters. He would end up battling against Melo, who at the time was a lethal scoring maniac. The latter would drop 35 points and take the win. Yet the applause was all for Stephen Curry. He recorded a career-high 54 points that night and made a statement.

A superstar was coming and he had a weapon that hadn’t been tested to its limits. He seemingly displayed the vitality of the three-point shot on that very day. It put Curry on the map as a player to watch out for. Stephen Curry would carry that confidence throughout his NBA career. Today he is regarded as one of the most decorated and iconic players in NBA history who changed the game forever.

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