Watch Steph Curry shove Rockets guard trying to get physical with him
To everyone who says the key to beating the Golden State Warriors is to get physical with Stephen Curry — watch out.
Steph was ready to scrap from the tip Saturday in Game 1 of the Warriors' first-round series with the Houston Rockets. And when defensive stopper Patrick Beverley tried to harass him on defense, beyond the 3-point line midway through the first quarter, Steph shoved him in the chest and earned a technical foul. Check it out in the video above.
Oh yeah, he's ready. The shove fired up the home crowd and let Beverley know he wasn't going to be the difference-maker, after missing last year's Western Conference finals matchup due to injury.
On Friday, when Klay Thompson was asked whether Beverley had a chance to stop Curry, the fellow Splash Brother's simple answer was "No."
Beverley had no luck vs. Curry and neither did Jason Terry, who switched on to him. The only thing that slowed Curry, who scored 24 points in the Warriors' 104-78 win, was his right ankle, which he tweaked just before halftime.
Still, Curry wasn't backing down from that challenge, either.
"Right now I don't see a scenario I would be out," Curry said after the game. "Pain tolerance, all that stuff, I kind of know what I can deal with on the court."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
