May 3, 2024
Steph Curry savagely tells despondent Kings fans to light the beam as Warriors eliminate Sacramento

Steph Curry savagely tells despondent Kings fans to light the beam as Warriors eliminate Sacramento

Steph Curry savagely tells despondent Kings fans to light the beam amid his historic 50-point performance in Warriors’ blowout elimination of Sacramento

  • Golden State won Game 7 of the Western Conference first round series 120-100 
  • The reigning champions won back-to-back road games to advance to the semis
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Stephen Curry savagely taunted a deflated Kings crowd, gesticulating for them to light the beam during the Warriors’ blowout elimination of Sacramento in Game 7 of the Western Conference first round playoffs.

Curry put on an historic performance in northern California as the reigning champs stayed alive. 

With the Warriors up 115-91 with less than three minutes remaining, Curry was being guarded by Kevin Huerter before Sacramento called a timeout leading the four-time NBA champ to celebrate exultantly before mocking the Kings’ post-win ritual. 

Unsurprisingly, Golden State closed it out, winning 120-100 in a shock blowout, particularly after the Warriors were obliterated 118-99 in a closeout Game 6 in San Francisco. 

Steve Kerr’s team are now rewarded with a Western Conference Semifinals series against LeBron James and the LA Lakers.

Steph Curry rubbed salt in the wound, mocking the Kings' post-win ritual in the closing stages

Steph Curry rubbed salt in the wound, mocking the Kings' post-win ritual in the closing stages

Steph Curry rubbed salt in the wound, mocking the Kings’ post-win ritual in the closing stages

Curry's 50-point game was a stark reminder that he can still will the GS Warriors to greatness

Curry's 50-point game was a stark reminder that he can still will the GS Warriors to greatness

Curry’s 50-point game was a stark reminder that he can still will the GS Warriors to greatness

Sac's season came to a close Sunday, largely because they had not lit the beam since Game 2

Sac's season came to a close Sunday, largely because they had not lit the beam since Game 2

Sac’s season came to a close Sunday, largely because they had not lit the beam since Game 2

Curry’s remarkable performance – the most points ever in a Game 7 — led to one reporter asking the question ‘who can stop Steph Curry?’  

It was met with a smirk and the response: ‘Hopefully we never find out.’

Curry shot 20-38 from the field and 7-18 from beyond the arch in his history making performance that also set NBA Twitter ablaze as he put the game away. 

The superstar led a memorable comeback in the series given the defending champions road woes all season and after going down 2-0.

‘It’s amazing ‘cuz you’re still in the fight,’ Curry said. ‘Better than the alternative of on the outside looking in. Having been down 0-2 in this series, nothing was guaranteed, you don’t take anything for granted.’

Curry’s teammate and fellow ‘Splash Brother’ Klay Thompson also spoke on the historic performance, he said: ‘What an incredible performance. This is a Game 7 I’ll forever remember as the Steph Curry game.’

Warriors’ Draymond Green added: ‘When you have rare situations, rare players do rare things. Steph Curry was that tonight. He was absolutely amazing.

‘You can tell when he’s locked in, laser-focused there’s not many defenses in the world that can stop him.’ 

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