Top 100 moments of the 2018-19 NBA season, Part 1
Bonus: Stephen Curry falls down celebrating Klay Thompson‘s dunk
Stephen Curry is regularly cited as the kind of NBA superstar other players want to play with, and it’s easy to see why. Aside from his obvious talent, his ability to change games with his ridiculous shot-making and his willingness to share the wealth, Curry’s personality and fun-loving attitude is hard not to like.
That carefree mentality is a lot easier to maintain with four All-Star teammates and three championships to your name, sure, but Curry’s support for his teammates — especially in the form of his goofy bench celebrations — is certainly endearing.
Case in point: Curry completely tripping over himself to celebrate a rare Klay Thompson dunk against the Pacers in January. It was a great poster, sure, but Curry’s slip-n-slide routine on the sideline takes the cake here on the list of top NBA bloopers this season.
Bonus: Reggie Jackson chooses the worst possible moment to video-bomb Blake Griffin‘s interview
In late January, the Detroit Pistons were not in a good place. They were six games under .500 after a promising 13-7 start, and had lost 10 of their last 14 games. After nearly coughing up a lead against a Pelicans team playing without Anthony Davis, Blake Griffin wasn’t in a great mood.
Though he finished with 37 points and the Pistons got the win, Griffin spent his postgame interview talking about how the win had masked Detroit’s issue of not finishing games strong and the team’s lack of focus. Basically, things you’d expect a leader and NBA superstar with playoff experience to say in order to keep his team grounded and set proper expectations.
Unfortunately, it was that exact moment that Reggie Jackson decided to prove exactly what Griffin was talking about, video-bombing at the most inopportune time.
The Pistons eventually got their act together to make the playoffs, but even if this wasn’t quite “Dwight Howard video-bombing Stan Van Gundy after he was just talking about how he wanted him fired” levels of awkward, it wasn’t that far behind.