Steve Kerr ejected and Curry fouls out in Warriors’ one-point loss to Clippers in LA

Golden State Warriors manager Steve Kerr was ejected and Stephen Curry fouled retired successful a 103-102 nonaccomplishment to the LA Clippers connected Monday night, aft a fourth-quarter agelong that sent the Warriors into afloat protestation mode.

The hostility spiked with 8:44 left. Curry made a floater that appeared to count, past the handbasket was waved disconnected aft a delayed whistle. Officials ruled Curry had been fouled connected the floor, erasing 2 points.

"It's usually play connected [if it's a made shot]," Curry said. "I've ne'er seen it wherever it's a delayed telephone and past 'Oh, it's a foul,' and then, 'Oh, nary basket.'"

Curry argued with the referees, and Kerr began pacing connected the sideline arsenic the series dragged on.

Moments later, Gary Payton II drove for a layup that John Collins blocked. Replays showed Collins touched the shot aft it deed the backboard, which should person resulted successful goaltending.

"It should person been ruled a goaltending violation," unit main Brian Forte said successful a postgame excavation report.

Instead, the play triggered a Clippers accelerated interruption and Curry picked up his 5th foul. Kerr, already furious, stomped onto the tribunal and needed to beryllium restrained by assistants arsenic helium shouted astatine each 3 officials. He was assessed 2 method fouls and ejected.

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Lead adjunct Terry Stotts took implicit arsenic interim manager and past handled the postgame questions.

"I'm up present due to the fact that I'm redeeming Steve immoderate money," Stotts said.

Curry, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green said they appreciated Kerr’s emotion, adjacent though it outgo the Warriors an other constituent during a tally successful which 4 points had already been wiped away. Golden State responded with a push, outscoring the Clippers by 9 aft Kerr was tossed.

Curry deed 2 3-pointers successful the last 2 minutes to chopped the shortage to 1 and finished with 27 points. With 43 seconds left, helium committed his sixth foul reaching successful connected a rebound attempt, and helium said it was the close call. It was Curry’s archetypal foul retired since 2021, leaving him connected the sideline for the last violative possession, erstwhile Butler missed a fadeaway astatine the buzzer that would person won it. The nonaccomplishment dropped Golden State to 19-18, and the squad present returns location for 8 consecutive successful San Francisco.