There was a cost associated with Steve Kerr and Stephen Curry voicing their dissatisfaction with Game 6 of the NBA Finals.
The NBA penalized everyone $25,000 on Friday for different occurrences. The league’s coach of the year, Brian Kerr, was penalized for criticizing the officiating in public following Cleveland’s 115-101 victory, which forced a decisive Game 7 in the championship series.
With 4:22 remaining in the game, Curry fouled out and was penalized for tossing his mouthpiece into the stands.
For the first time in his illustrious career, he was ejected from the court after launching the mouthpiece at a spectator in the front row while contesting the ruling. Cleveland supporters cheered after Curry left after apologizing to the fan he had hurt.
Even though the league’s MVP scored 30 points for the Warriors, they fell short against the Cavaliers, 115-101.
Following the match, Curry’s enraged spouse Ayesha declared that the match had been “rigged for money.”
The tweet was swiftly removed by her, but not before it had received 84,000 shares.
On a night they were hoped would finish with champagne, it was just one of many things that did not go Golden State’s way.
LeBron James led the team in scoring with 41 points.
After trailing 3-1 in the Finals, the Cavaliers are now one win away from being the first NBA team to win a championship.
Cleveland set the tone early with an explosive first half in which they led by as many as 22 points. The typically accurate Warriors were never able to get into a rhythm or go any closer than seven points the rest of the way.
If the King overcomes the odds and wins the Ohio city’s first championship in any sport in 52 years, they have the potential to make history.
James declared, “There’s one more game, and we’re going to give it everything we’ve got and accept the outcome.” I’ll perform it anyplace.
James outperformed Curry once more and added 11 assists and 8 rebounds.
The Warriors appeared to be in serious trouble when the Cavaliers opened up a 24-point lead in the third quarter, but the defending champs rallied for a 10-0 run to cap the quarter and get within nine points.
Then she said that at the Quicken Loans Arena, her father had been the target of racial profiling and threats of arrest.
Her spouse attempted to defend his infrequent outburst during the press conference following the game.
“Obviously, it was frustrating to foul out in the fourth quarter of a game that was going to decide the outcome and not be out there with my teammates,” he stated.
I’ll be fine for the next game, but it got the better of me.
“The last two haven’t gone our way,” he continued. “But I think we have a good chance in Game 7.”