Steph makes hilarious joke to explain heated exchange with Udoka
Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry made a hilarious joke to explain why he engaged in a verbal exchange with Houston Rockets coach Ime Udoka.
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Steph makes hilarious joke to explain heated exchange with Udoka originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
There’s no such thing as a heated, physical game without the banter.
Rockets coach Ime Udoka and Warriors guard Steph Curry’s intense exchange in Golden State’s 106-96 streak-snapping loss to the Houston Rockets was proof of that.
As both teams made their way to their respective locker rooms, Udoka and the four-time NBA champion shared a few words.
In a joking manner, according to Curry, the motive behind the verbal exchange was a canceled reservation at his wife’s, Ayesha Curry’s, International Smoke restaurant.
“He made a reservation at International Smoke, and he canceled it,” Curry quipped. “And so I was kind of upset with him. We went back and forth on that.
Jokes aside, for Udoka, it was just in-game banter.
“He said something,” Udoka told reporters after Houston’s win. “I said something. A little friendly banter.”
The verbal exchange came after a fierce second quarter that saw Warriors forward Draymond Green and Rockets center Alperen Şengün clash. The physical altercation resulted in a technical foul for Green.
Draymond received a tech for this sequence ???? pic.twitter.com/PT1ytcTv80
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) April 7, 2025
“I was talking to my team about the physicality,” Udoka added. “This is the type of game we like. This is who we are. He said something. I said something. A little friendly banter.”
In the third quarter, Green and Şengün picked up where they left off.
Green was given a Flagrant 1 foul for making contact with Şengün as he drove in for a layup, making the foul the forward’s third Flagrant of the 2024-25 NBA season.
Draymond received a flagrant 1 for this controversial play pic.twitter.com/6r8SG0URbF
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) April 7, 2025
Even if the canceled reservation at International Smoke happens to be true, there was plenty to get feisty about at Chase Center on Sunday night.
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