Ayesha Curry was none too pleased with the officiating during Game 6 of the NBA Finals, but it was the final call against her husband, Stephen, that sent her over the edge Thursday night.
Curry fouled out on questionable call in the fourth quarter of the Golden State Warriors’ 115-101 loss. In his frustration, Curry threw his mouth guard, accidentally hitting a fan in the front row. The referees gave him a technical foul and subsequently ejected him.
Ayesha responded on Twitter, but later deleted the tweet.
Ayesha Curry thinks the NBA Finals are rigged. pic.twitter.com/NMO1cwRiaR
— Pat Bradley ☘️🏀💰🏈 (@PatBradley_) June 17, 2016
She later apologized and explained herself, including some shocking information about events that happened earlier in the evening to her and her family.
tweeted in the heat of the moment because the call was uncalled for.
— Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) June 17, 2016
Police racial profiled my father and told him to remove credentials and tried to arrest him. It's been a long night for me. I apologize:
— Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) June 17, 2016
I'm okay that we lost… I just can't take people coming at my family for absolutely no reason. Something I don't understand or stand for.
— Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) June 17, 2016
Warriors coach Steve Kerr thought the fouls on Curry were bad, too.
Warriors' Steve Kerr's full fine-worthy comments about the officiating following Game 6 loss to Cavaliers pic.twitter.com/yPrgapfEEk
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) June 17, 2016
Coming from someone whose husband just set the NBA record with 73 regular season wins and came back from a 3-1 deficit in the Western Conference finals, Ayesha Curry’s is quite an opinion. For what it’s worth, we thought those were some pretty bad fouls, too. But rigged? That’s a stretch.
But hey, let the hot takes flow.
Game 7 of the NBA Finals is at 8 p.m. ET Sunday at Oracle Arena.
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