The fight for the NBA scoring championship is heating up. Steph Curry and Bradley Beal are both tossing haymakers on the court, and as of now, the Golden State Warriors’ star’s 31.9 points per game narrowly edge out the Washington Wizards’ ace’s 31.4 points per game. As we hit the final week of the regular season, it’s one of the most compelling reasons to watch football.
One of Curry’s teammates threw some shade at Beal off the court, which did not go down well. Warriors wing Kent Bazemore said during a press conference on Monday that Curry has been so strong that “we got guys hurting hamstrings to keep up,” referring to Bradley Beal, who is out for the next two games with a hamstring strain.
Kent Bazemore, marveling at teammate Stephen Curry:
— Monte Poole (@MontePooleNBCS) May 10, 2021
“49 points in 29 minutes, that’s unreal. We got guys hurting hamstrings to keep up.”
Curry leads NBA in scoring, at 31.9 ppg
Bradley Beal is second, at 31.4, but will miss at least 2 games with, yes, a strained hammy.
Beal, of course, missed Monday’s Wizards game against the Atlanta Hawks, and while he watched, he apparently learned about this and decided to call Bazemore out.
After asking Twitter how he should respond to this, Beal decided to go off, calling Bazemore a “straight lame” and tweeted a clown gif at him.
@24Bazemore you don’t know me or shit about me bruh!!! You don’t know why I go out there and play and it damn sure ain’t for another man’s approval!!! You a straight LAME!!! But it don’t surprise me coming from you, thats what’s yo type do!!
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) May 11, 2021
@24Bazemore it’s funny you say that because ya mans admittedly checked my numbers before the game, but IM CHASING!!! Shut yo ass up!
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) May 11, 2021
I stay in my lane!! Focus on BRAD. Idc what another man doing in this league. I’m concerned about me and MY GUYS over here!! Keep that goofy shit over there @24Bazemore !!
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) May 11, 2021
Beal isn’t normally someone to publicly go at someone quite like this, so we can assume that this didn’t sit well with him. Unfortunately, we don’t have a Warriors-Wizards game before the season ends, so we can’t see Beal and Curry (and also Bazemore) address this on the court.