Stephen Curry wasn't taking the bait this time. Instead, he decided to fight back.
After the Warriors erased a 22-point halftime deficit to stun the 76ers in Philadelphia on Saturday, a reported tried to get Curry to talk about a possible NBA Finals matchup with the 76ers just like he had after Thursday's game against the Celtics. It didn't go well for the reporter. Curry wasn't having it.
"Hot takes. You can literally take one line of what I said and and say ‘very, very likely.' Read the whole comment. I hate when that happens. I stand up here and talk for 45 seconds about that question and you want to take five words that put the Boston Celtics in the Finals. That's the hype beast. I'll be more specific next time about how I see the futures that surrounds who's going to be in the Finals, even us. Whatever," Curry said.
A different reporter asked Curry if the situation frustrated him.
"Yeah, it did because, obviously, it was a question about Boston's chances and how well they've been playing. I literally said they have to beat Cleveland because Cleveland has been there three times in a row. Obviously I made a joke because I haven't been in Boston in the summer in a while. Probably nice weather. But the video is going crazy, so watch the whole video, watch the whole comment and you'll get it right," Curry said before leaving the gathering of reporters.
Stephen Curry irritated that his quotes about meeting Boston in the Finals were taken out of context. pic.twitter.com/bPK8iaeKOk— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) November 19, 2017
