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Dell Curry left Steph's game in 8th grade because he was destroying his opponents

Bob Donnan / USA TODAY Sports

Fathers usually leave their children's sports games because their own children are embarrassing them.

But not former NBA shooting guard Dell Curry, father of Stephen Curry, 2015's Most Valuable Player. He left his young son's game out of embarrassment for the other kids.

In an interview with Sports Illustrated's Lee Jenkins, the Golden State Warriors point guard recalled a game in Toronto as an eighth-grader when he got hot. "I shot everywhere," Steph said, "and I couldn't miss."

One would assume his father would be eager to see every shot young Steph took. However, of the total 63 points he put up, his father missed the last 20, Steph said, instead waiting in the hallway for his son's game to finish.

"All these people were coming in to see what was going on, and there was so much commotion, it seemed like he was never going to stop," Dell recalls. "I had to get out of there. I felt bad for the other team. I couldn't watch what he was doing to those kids."

Bet Dell isn't leaving his seat anymore.

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