Highlights of a whirlwind day with Stephen Curry in Guangzhou, China
— -- On Saturday, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry spent the second day of his China tour, which is being conducted by Under Armour, in the city of Guangzhou.
We spent the day traveling with Curry to each event. Here are the highlights.
1:40 p.m.: 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.
2 p.m.: 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.
2:50 p.m.: 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.
3:20 p.m.: Thousands of students at Guangzhou University show up outside, hoping to look inside to get a glimpse of Curry.
3:30 p.m.: With the crowd chanting for him, Curry opens the gym doors and gives the students what they want.
3:50 p.m.: 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!
5:15 p.m.: 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.
7:15 p.m.: 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.
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.
