Stephen Curry takes verbal swipe at Rihanna after NBA Finals antics

Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry joked about singer Rihanna after the famous Cleveland Cavaliers fan’s courtside antics during the NBA finals opener.

The Barbados born actress-singer bowed to Cleveland star LeBron James, dismissed hecklers among the hometown Warriors supporters and received a quick staredown from Kevin Durant after her assistant heckled him before a third-quarter free throw in Golden State’s 113-91 victory in game one.

Asked if Rihanna’s music was banned from the locker room musical offerings played by the Warriors, Curry said, “I don’t think it was on there to begin with.”

Curry said the Warriors block out most noise and famous faces in the audience as distractions to their focus, but take a moment to notice people they know beyond celebrity fame.

“At times, yeah, there’s a lot of noteworthy people that show up, especially this time of year to the finals games,” Curry said. “I saw [actor] Kevin Hart on the sidelines. He’s over there cracking jokes the whole game. Stuff like that, you can have fun with at times.

“You don’t want to obviously let it distract you. As players we do a pretty good job of being able to tune out noise and distractions and stuff on the fly when we need to be able to do what we do on the floor, but still enjoy the atmosphere of the stage that we’re on.”