Warriors' Steph Curry gets away with a crazy travel that refs miss in Game 7 vs. Rockets

Billy Heyen

Warriors' Steph Curry gets away with a crazy travel that refs miss in Game 7 vs. Rockets image

The best players sometimes can get away with things.

That's what appeared to happen in Sunday night's Game 7 between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets.

Steph Curry took a marauding drive toward the basket, and in order to get to a reverse layup, Curry took a couple steps. And then he took a couple more.

Curry flipped in the athletic finish, and play continued.

Here's the shot:

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There's at least one extra shuffle in there, maybe two.

It's a crucial moment as the Warriors and Rockets battle for the right to keep their season alive.

Curry hadn't gotten much right for most of Sunday's game, but the basketball gods were looking down on him with the fortunate non-call here.

If the Warriors advance, don't forget these key two points that could very well have been wiped off the scoreboard.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle