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Patrick Patterson forced Klay Thompson to pass the ball in the second half at the Chesapeake Energy Arena on November 22, 2017.
Patrick Patterson forced Klay Thompson to pass the ball in the second half at the Chesapeake Energy Arena on November 22, 2017.
Photo: J Pat Carter, Getty Images
Patrick Patterson forced Klay Thompson to pass the ball in the second half at the Chesapeake Energy Arena on November 22, 2017.
Patrick Patterson forced Klay Thompson to pass the ball in the second half at the Chesapeake Energy Arena on November 22, 2017.
Photo: J Pat Carter, Getty Images
It must be frustrating to watch the finals of the NBA as a player who has not quite succeeded. There are so many things so-so. Many to guess. And many ideas of armchairs, which it is better to leave most to the knowledge of family and friends.
But Patrick Patterson of the Oklahoma City Thunder had a thought and he wanted more than his 196,000 subscribers on Twitter to be aware. He tweeted directly to the accounts of the NBA and NBA officials.
"So, Curry just ran out to celebrate with Cook during a live match … what are you going to do about it? @NBA @OfficialNBARefs," Patterson tweeted.
The moment that angered Patterson was in the fourth quarter of the second game. The Warriors had a 95-88 lead on the Raptors and were starting to move away. Quinn Cook directed Andre Iguodala, who stood up and picked up a pointer as he stumbled to the ground. The shot came in and Stephen Curry rushed to celebrate as the game continued around them.
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Of course, many Toronto fans screamed at the scandal, claiming that Curry was the sixth player on the field during that period. It's hard to say from clips, but it does not seem like Curry's feet are intersecting in the playing field. And Curry, who was waiting to register at the scorer's table, probably thought that a timeout was going to be called.
No matter what happened, Patterson's decision to tweet on the official account of the NBA referees was probably not the most effective. And the flashback soon filled his mentions.
"Did you see him from the couch, huh?" a person answered.
"You complain for nothing," added another. "Drake is on the ground massaging the coaches!"
Patterson is clearly not impressed by the hype of the Warriors in general.
"An analyst actually thinks Golden State can beat Toronto without KD, come on now," he tweeted on May 30. "I think you're supposed to know basketball, and can let a fan give his opinion on live TV."
Katie Dowd is the senior director of SFGATE. Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @katiedowd
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