Steph Curry Felt Dewayne Dedmon’s Screen From Game 3 Was A Dirty Play


The Western Conference Finals series between the Warriors and Spurs has not been chippy in the traditional sense, in that there haven’t been particularly hard fouls leading to scuffles or anything like that. But it has featured more than its fair share of questionable play. The most notable example of this was Zaza Pachulia’s step-under foul on Kawhi Leonard that has forced the star to miss the last two games and, most likely, Game 4 as well.

However there have been other examples of questionable play, bordering on dirty (depending on the eye of the beholder), from LaMarcus Aldridge with a step-under on Kevin Durant in Game 2 to Dewayne Dedmon’s screen on Steph Curry that appeared to target Curry’s knee in Game 3.

The latter example caused both Curry and coach Mike Brown to speak out to ESPN’s Chris Haynes on Sunday night about the play after reviewing the tape further, complaining that Dedmon’s screen, in which it appeared he dropped his knee into Curry’s, was illegal and Curry felt it was a dirty play.

“I know he’s not a dirty player. I’m not going to try to mess up his reputation, but I feel like that was a dirty play,” Curry told ESPN. “Luckily no one was hurt.”

“I thought it was an illegal screen,” Brown said to ESPN. “When it happened live, I was not sure, but when you look at the film, it was an illegal pick. Sometimes the officials make the call, and sometimes they don’t.”

The play certainly looks bad upon closer inspection as Dedmon dips his knee down, making contact with the side of Steph’s. Whether there was intent to injure or something less malicious in mind, the play was dangerous and one that Curry has a right to be upset about.

Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals will take place on Monday night in San Antonio as the Warriors look to complete their third straight sweep in these playoffs, and hopefully we don’t have anymore examples of questionable play come out of it.

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