Kerry was sent off after hurling at Jordan Paul. It ended with a victory basket and a "not funny joke" - voila! sport

Tiktukno: summary of today's events in sports, 26.1 (Sport1)

Jordan Paul's dramatic winning basket saved him and Golden State tonight (between Wednesday and Thursday) from a media storm that could have lasted several days.

A little more than a minute to the end of the thriller against Memphis, the Warriors' scorer managed to arouse the wrath of Steph Curry, which ultimately caused the latter's expulsion.

It happened after Paul took a hard shot from outside the arc, with no seconds pressure on the clock, with Curry standing next to him free and begging for the ball.

Immediately after the shot went out, Kerry is seen turning around in anger, and on the way back to defense throws his mouthguard with force.

Although the dental guard did not hurt the audience, it was thrown with force.

In any case, the NBA rules require an automatic suspension in such a case, and so it turned out that Kerry missed the last minute of the exciting game.

Luckily for him, his friends stepped up in his absence.

Klay Thompson hit a clutch 3-pointer 14 seconds to the end, and the winning basket that made it 120:22 was actually scored by Paul Sorer, after a brilliant outdoor exercise.

"It was a critical moment in the game, and with the way this season is developing, we know that every victory is important, that you have to win even in the small details," Kerry commented at the end of his suspension, and did not deny that the throwing of the dental shield was in response to Paul's questionable decision-making.

"I really wanted to win, and from my experience I know how important shot selection in money time is. I reacted in a way that hurt the team and me, but luckily the team reacted to the suspension well, and took it as it should. Clay hit a big shot, Paul hit a big basket at the end. We really needed For this victory. There was a very great sense of urgency in this game, and that's why I got a little carried away."

Paul plays with Kerry at the end

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We haven't calmed down yet.

Kerry (Photo: GettyImages, Lachlan Cunningham)

Paul is known as a player who is not easy to digest, and is also remembered as the one who upset Draymond Green in the past, causing him to send a punch in front of him during a team practice.

But as far as composure on the floor is concerned, it seems to have added value.

After his winning basket that closed out a 21-point game for him, Paul came to Kerry's defense and said that "there was no reason to take him out at this point. He's one of the greatest players of all time."

Even on the way down to the dressing room, Paul tried to soften the situation, and in a sort of amusing gesture of reconciliation, he threw a mouth guard when he ran into him in the tunnel.

"It's the kind of joke that comes too soon. I'm still hot on him, it didn't make me laugh," Kerry said in response.

Steve Kerr laconically commented on the incident in question at the end, only hinting that he understood Kerr's heart.

"You mean the move where Jordan Paul ignored the best shooter of all time when he was completely free?" Kerr 'corrected' the reporter who asked him what he thought of Paul's shot that angered Kerry.

"Draymond chose the drill, even though we hadn't practiced it for several months. It was quite pretentious, but in retrospect it was the right decision," he said.

"This drill shouldn't necessarily lead to a shot like that from Jordan, but he made a great instinctive cut, and that's totally to his credit."

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