It wasn’t the best of days for Stephen Curry.
The usually mild-mannered Curry blew his top after being called for a foul against LeBron James with 4:22 left to play and his Golden State Warriors trailing the Cleveland Cavaliers, 87-99, in game 6 of the NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena.
Out of frustration, the league’s only unanimous MVP screamed at the referee and hurled his mouthguard towards the crowd, hitting a fan at courtside, to earn him a technical foul and an ejection.
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Teammates Klay Thompson and Shaun Livingston rushed to pacify Curry, who immediately apologized to the fan.
“I’ve thrown my mouthpiece before. I usually aim at the scorer’s table, I was off aim. Definitely didn’t mean to throw it at a fan. It’s obviously not where I want to take my frustration out,” Curry said in the post-game press conference.
It was the first ejection of Curry’s career and the first time he has fouled out since December 2013.
“The last two fouls I had, I didn’t think I fouled either Kyrie [Irving] or LeBron [James], that’s just kind of my perception of the plays and I had a reaction to it.”
Curry finished 30 points for Golden State, which missed a chance to wrap up the finals series anew at Cleveland’s home floor with the 115-101 loss.
The series ends at Golden State on Monday (Manila) time for the winner-take-all game 7.