Steph Curry's 45-point performance against the Clippers caused a social media explosion
Playing against Stephen Curry just isn't fair sometimes.
And the Los Angeles Clippers were the latest to suffer the Steph experience.
The Golden State Warriors' point guard made up for his self-assessed "trash" performance in Tuesday's season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers. He dropped 45 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and made 8-of-13 shots from 3-point land in a close 115-114 victory over the Clippers in the Warriors' home opener. Curry started the game perfectly — netting his first 10 shots of the contest. He never slowed down and carried the Warriors to an exciting victory.
So @StephenCurry30 had a night…
💎 Named to #NBA75 before tip
🔥 25 1Q points on 9-9 shooting
🔥 45 in the game
🔥 Go-ahead triple to lift @warriors pic.twitter.com/98JFwH9lsA
— NBA (@NBA) October 22, 2021
As the two-time MVP was lighting up the Clippers, social media exploded, offering thoughts on what everyone just witnessed from Curry. It's safe to say the point guard left many in awe with his sensational scoring night.
@StephenCurry30 You're SICK Man!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 22, 2021
Watching Steph Curry is art
— Paige Bueckers (@paigebueckers1) October 22, 2021
I did watch the end of the Warriors game. I love the Warriors. @StephenCurry30 is a revelation…
— Rochelle Riley (@rochelleriley) October 22, 2021
I honestly believe that the privilege of watching Steph Curry play 🏀 is one of God's gifts to man
What a basketball sensation
— Naveen Ganglani (@naveenganglani) October 22, 2021
Gee Louise @StephenCurry30… give ur opponents some chance 🏀🏀🏀… and thats the #Warriors playing without Klay still…
— Dr. Julian Hosp (@julianhosp) October 22, 2021
Steph Curry is locking in on being a top 10 player of all time and you Final MVP twitter thugs ain't changing my mind
— SWAGGY C (@SwaggyCTV) October 22, 2021
Steph Curry is his own sport.
— Jared Wade (@Jared_Wade) October 22, 2021
It remains unclear how one should go about defending Steph Curry
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) October 22, 2021
Even though Curry had a masterful performance, maybe the most important takeaway from Thursday's game is that the Warriors are 2-0 on a young NBA season.
2-0 @StephenCurry30
— Famouslos32 (@famouslos32) October 22, 2021
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The Utah Jazz placed shooting guard Donovan Mitchell in the concussion protocol Tuesday.
The Jazz said Mitchell took a hit before halftime in Monday night's 101-95 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers and began experiencing symptoms after the game.
Mitchell will miss at least Wednesday's game against the Houston Rockets.
Mitchell had 13 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists in Monday night's game. He is averaging 25.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game this season for the 29-15 Jazz, who are in fourth place in the Western Conference entering play Tuesday night.
SAN FRANCISCO — Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya, a minority owner of the Golden State Warriors, is under fire for saying "nobody cares" about the Uyghurs in China, and the team is distancing itself from him.
On the latest edition of his All-In Podcast, Palihapitiya dismissed the situation in China, which is accused by the U.S. of genocide and crimes against humanity because of the treatment of the Uyghurs Muslim minority population in the Xinjiang region in northwest China.
"Nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs, OK?" Palihapitiya said at the nearly 15-minute mark of the show from Saturday. "… I'm telling you a very hard, ugly truth, OK, of all the things that I care about, yes it is below my line."
Golden State swiftly reacted Monday by saying Palihapitiya's views aren't reflective of those of the team.
"As a limited investor who has no day-to-day operating functions with the Warriors, Mr. Palihapitiya does not speak on behalf of our franchise, and his views certainly don't reflect those of our organization," the Warriors said in a statement.
Palihapitiya, who was born in Sri Lanka, later backtracked. In a Twitter post to his 1.5 million followers, he wrote that "important issues deserve nuanced discussions. Some clarifying comments:
"In re-listening to this week's podcast, I recognize that I come across as lacking empathy. I acknowledge that entirely. As a refugee, my family fled a country with its own set of human rights issues so this is something that is very much a part of my lived experience. To be clear, my belief is that human rights matter, whether in China, the United States, or elsewhere. Full stop."
Swiss-born Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter Freedom expressed his outrage on social media.
"When @NBA says we stand for justice, don't forget there are those who sell their soul for money & business like @chamath the owner of @warriors who says `Nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs.' When genocides happen, it is people like this that let it happen. Shame!"
After Tuesday's shootaround, Warriors star Andrew Wiggins was asked about Palihapitiya's comments and made it clear they have different beliefs.
The LA Clippers are extending Paul George's period of rest for the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow a few more weeks to see how it responds, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
George has not played since scoring 17 points in a win at the Sacramento Kings on Dec. 22. He initially suffered a sprained elbow against the Portland Trail Blazers on Dec. 6, and rested and rehabbed for two weeks, missing five games. He felt better and returned to play in two games, but after feeling pain in the elbow, he underwent an MRI and the Clippers revealed on Dec. 25 that he had a torn UCL in his shooting elbow.
The initial timetable George would need to see how the elbow healed was three to four weeks before being reevaluated.
The Clippers were 17-15 when George last played. Without their star guard, the Clippers have gone 5-8 since.
Coach Ty Lue's team has been hit hard by injuries and COVID-19. It entered the season without Kawhi Leonard, who is rehabbing a torn ACL suffered in Game 4 of the Clippers' second-round series against the Utah Jazz on June 14. They also have had to play stretches without starters such as Reggie Jackson, Marcus Morris Sr. and Ivica Zubac at times this season.
The Clips enter a difficult stretch in which they play their next eight games on the road.
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