‘Y’ALL SUCK TOO’; CHARLES BARKLEY GOES OFF ON HECKLING WARRIORS FANS AFTER GOLDEN STATE’S GAME 1 VICTORY OVER MAVERICKS.
Barkley stuck to his choice despite the Mavericks trailing the Warriors 54-45 by halftime.
Golden State Warriors fans outside the Chase Center in San Francisco on Wednesday night didn’t take kindly to Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley picking the Dallas Mavericks to win the Western Conference Finals – and they made sure he knew that.
After the Warriors dominated the Mavs in Game 1, winning 112-87, Barkley was attempting to explain why Dallas shouldn’t be too concerned when fans behind the “Inside the NBA” set began chanting “Barkley sucks!”
“I thought they got great shots in the first half, they just did not go in. But the one thing we’ve learned during the playoffs, if you go back to Milwaukee-Boston Game 1, you go back to Dallas against Phoenix Game 1, nobody’s going to overreact – Hey y’all right and Y’all suck too!” he shouted at the crowd.
“I love doing that,” he said after finally addressing the hecklers.
Trouble seemingly began when, during TNT’S Sunday night broadcast of “Inside the NBA,” Barkley picked the Mavs to win the series because of Luka Doncic‘s impact.
“Nobody can handle that dude one-on-one and if [Jalen] Brunson and [Spencer] Dinwiddie keep playing like they’re playing, this team is going to be tough to beat,” Barkley said at the time.
He echoed that sentiment on Wednesday night even when the Mavs were trailing the Warriors 54-45 at halftime.
“If they make enough shots in four out of seven games, they’re going to win this series because the way the Golden State Warriors play defense – they can’t play Luka like that. You can’t play that dude one-on-one … if the Mavs make some shots, they’re gonna win.”
Doncic scored 20 points, compared to Steph Curry’s 21-point night, but shot just 6 for 18 and 3 of 10 from deep.
Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals will be back in San Francisco\, where Barkley can surely expect the same “welcome” he received Wednesday night.
