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Cavs Win, Forcing Game 7 and Steph Curry's Wife Tweets Her Frustrations
The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors to tie the series 3-3 and Steph Curry's wife tweets and deletes her feelings.
The Cleveland Cavaliers made history by overcoming a 3-1 deficit, beating the Golden State Warriors 115-101 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to tie the series 3-3.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr didn't blame the loss on bad officiating, but he did say that three of the six fouls were "absolutely ridiculous and incredibly inappropriate," adding that in spite of the fouls, the Cavs outplayed the Warriors and deserved to win.
When a reporter asked Kerr if his team lost its composure, referring specifically to the sixth and final foul before Stephen Curry was ejected and threw his mouth guard, Kerr said Curry had every right to be upset.
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Curry's mouth guard hit Andrew Forbes — the son of Cavs' minority owner Nate Forbes — court-side, and the Warriors superstar apologized.
I have the exclusive interview with the kid who got hit with Steph mouth piece https://t.co/2eN23MfLJS pic.twitter.com/2lsdWHySxL
— Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) June 17, 2016
Steph Curry's mouthpiece hit Andrew Forbes, son of Cavs minority owner Nate Forbes, on the shoulder. Curry apologized.
— Jason Lloyd (@JasonLloydABJ) June 17, 2016
Most upset about the loss and the trip to Cleveland in general was Curry's wife, Ayesha, and she let her feelings be known on Twitter.
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She first complained that the bus she was on with the team's families was being delayed and called it an "interesting tactic."
10 mins til game time and the whole teams families are sitting here on a bus. They won't let us in yet. Interesting tactic though. Again.
— Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) June 17, 2016
Later, after her husband fouled out, threw his mouth guard into the crowd and was ejected, Ayesha Curry made a claim that the game was rigged, tweeting:
"I've lost all respect sorry this is absolutely rigged for money Or ratings... in not sure which. I won't be silent . Just saw it live sry."
The tweet was deleted shortly after she posted it, but screen captures can still be found.
tweeted in the heat of the moment because the call was uncalled for.
— Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) June 17, 2016
Perhaps more unsettling than her tweet suggesting that the game was rigged for money was her tweet saying that her father had been racially profiled by police and almost arrested.
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
Mrs. Curry's tweet doesn't say whether the alleged incident occurred with Cleveland Police or private security. Cleveland.com reports that police spokeswoman Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia said she could not find a record of such an incident.
Stephen Curry told ESPN that the profiling incident involved NBA security and that they were on high alert, keeping a watch out for David Aminzadeh, a person that is well-known for falsifying credentials and sneaking into sporting events. Quicken Loans Arena security officials thought that Steph Curry's father-in-law resembled Aminzadeh.
"I was just kind of debriefed on what the security thought happened with some guy that poses with fake credentials and gets backstage at a lot of events, the NBA Finals and all that stuff," Curry told ESPN. "They kind of profiled my father-in-law and thought he was him. They threatened to arrest him before they checked out his credentials. It's kind of been an emotional and tough night all the way around.
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