SAN FRANCISCO -- Steph Curry found a new way to break Twitter and all of social media Friday night at Chase Center.
No, we're not talking about his first (!) buzzer-beater since high school to give the Warriors a 105-103 comeback win over the Houston Rockets. We're talking about Curry doing his best Daniel LaRusso impression with the Kick Tweeted 'Round The World.
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"Gotta let a little emotion out sometimes," Curry said to NBC Sports Bay Area's Bob Fitzgerald after his heroics. "I love the game, I love my teammates, I love everything about this and sometimes when it's not going your way you got to kind of start the engine a little bit.
"Hopefully I didn't hurt anybody but it was just a little emotion coming up."
The kick was exactly what the Warriors needed, too.
There's only so many times that we can say it, and it always will remain true: When Draymond Green is out, the Warriors lose a bit of their edge. Sometimes more than a bit. Often times a whole lot.
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Curry and Klay Thompson are the perfect balance to Green's fire. Steph and Klay alike are the right response of mellow to Draymond's madness. Don't get it confused, though. Curry is as competitive as they come.
"It's been building up," coach Steve Kerr said. "We have stunk it up the last couple weeks and he hasn't played his best. He's one of the all-time great competitors.
"Probably the most underrated aspect of Steph is his competitive fire."
Curry went 0-for-5 from the field in the first quarter and missed both of his 3-point attempts. He actually didn't make a shot until there was only 49.8 seconds left in the first half. But the two-time NBA MVP lives by a next-play mentality and turned it on in the second half by scoring 16 of his 22 points after halftime.
The game-winner was the icing on the cake to what a competitor Curry truly is.
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After Curry made a floater with 7:03 left in the third quarter, the Rockets called timeout with Houston leading Golden State 63-57. That's when Steph took his anger out on an all-but-innocent chair. The next two times down the floor, Curry splashed five straight points -- first a 10-foot bank shot and then a 26-foot 3-pointer. He then nailed two free throws, giving him seven points in a row for the Warriors.
Following the kick, the Warriors outscored the Rockets 19-13 to close the third quarter and go into the fourth all tied up.
Golden State scored 19 points the entire second quarter.
Steph saved his best for last, and his fire inside had all of San Francisco lit as the Warriors avoided a second straight upset loss. In his 13th season, and with too many accolades to count, Curry hasn't lost an ounce of his competitive edge, and that won't change one bit with his goal of getting a fourth championship ring later this season.