Highlights of a whirlwind day with Stephen Curry in Guangzhou, China

ByDarren Rovell ESPN logo
Saturday, September 3, 2016

On Saturday, [url TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/gs/golden-state-warriors" ]Golden State Warriors[/url] guard [url TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry" ]Stephen Curry[/url] spent the second day of his China tour, which is being conducted by Under Armour, in the city of Guangzhou.[br /][br /]We spent the day traveling with Curry to each event. Here are the highlights.[br /][Ads /][br /][b]1:40 p.m.[/b]: A throng of fans gathers outside a hotel in Guangzhou, hoping to get Curry's autograph. The highlight: a guy with an arrow sitting on top of his head. Curry goes out another door, so the trick doesn't work.[br /][br /][b]2 p.m.[/b]: Curry leaves hotel in Guangzhou. Fans cheer "CURRY! CURRY! CURRY!" and compete for his autograph as he walks to the car that will take him to a basketball clinic. Curry feels the crush as he enters his car and security pushes fans back.[br /][br /][b]2:50 p.m.[/b]: Curry arrives at Guangzhou University for the clinic with the city's best players that Under Armour could find. The first thing to do is, of course, Curry's dribbling warm-up.[br /][br /][b]3:20 p.m.[/b]: Thousands of students at Guangzhou University show up outside, hoping to look inside to get a glimpse of Curry.[br /][br /][b]3:30 p.m.[/b]: With the crowd chanting for him, Curry opens the gym doors and gives the students what they want.[br /][Ads /][br /][b]3:50 p.m.[/b]: With the drills wrapped up, Curry picks his top 10 players, who will be invited to a meet-and-greet event in town later in the evening. But before he goes ... a selfie![br /][br /][b]4 p.m.[/b]: Curry leaves to go to another event and pops his head out of the sunroof as the crowd cheers for him.[br /][br /][b]5:15 p.m.[/b]: Curry arrives at Asian Games Sports Stadium in Guangzhou for a special event. Before he heads out to the crowd, he meets with children from Jet Li's One Foundation. Curry takes a liking to a blind boy named Michael Wang, who is out of breath from meeting Curry.[br /][br /][b]7:15 p.m.[/b]: After doing his ball warm-up drill and shooting half-court shots for the crowd, Curry coaches a team of players he selected earlier. With his team down 11, he goes into the game. He hits three 3-pointers in a row and gets fouled on a 3-point attempt with 2.1 seconds left. Curry hits all three free throws and his team wins 19-18.[br /][br /]After the win, he says goodbye to the crowd of about 1,500 people, many of whom are dressed in Warriors jerseys and Under Armour shoes.[br/][br/][sectionHeader]Related Video[/sectionHeader][promoExternal HREF="http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=17453966&ex_cid=espnapi_affiliate_abcotv" IMAGE="http://a.espncdn.com/media/motion/2016/0903/ss_20160903_033832296_603696/ss_20160903_033832296_603696.jpg" TITLE="The crowd outside Guangzhou University cheers on Steph Curry" DESCRIPTION="The excited crowd outside Guangzhou University cheers Steph Curry as he leaves his clinic." ]

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