Curry on Game 1 flopping fine: 'I don't agree with it'

A $5,000 fine is a pittance for Stephen Curry, but the NBA MVP doesn't believe he should have received any kind of punishment for his perceived flop on this fourth-quarter 3-pointer in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals.

No foul was called on the play, as it appeared Houston Rockets forward Terrence Jones largely avoided any contact with Curry.

"I don't agree with it," Curry told reporters of Wednesday's flopping fine. "I watched the play over and, transition play, so obviously balance is not very good in that situation."

"When I shoot it, I see someone hit me on my arm, and when you're up in the air it's obviously a reaction to that," Curry added. "That play happens countless times. I wasn't even looking for the foul, I was just reacting to the contact."

Steve Kerr admitted Wednesday that Curry's fall was probably a flop, but the Golden State Warriors head coach also found the league's punishment strange.

"Are we just choosing one time to do this?" Kerr asked. "You can pick out flops every single game from half the guys on the floor."

Kerr said the kind of play Curry was fined for "happen(s) every day.

"I don't think a game goes by where (Los Angeles Clippers guard) Jamal Crawford doesn't flop six times on his 3-point shots. It's part of the game. I don't blame him for doing it."

Leave it to Kerr and the Warriors to find a way to throw shade at the Pacific Division-rival Clippers, who were sent packing by the Rockets.

Crawford has never been fined for flopping, while Curry is facing his first such fine.

During the postseason, players are fined $5,000 for their first flopping offense. In the regular season, they get off with a warning for an initial offense before a $5,000 charge kicks in for a second.