Warriors fan challenges Charles Barkley to a fight for picking the Thunder

TNT commentator Charles Barkley has a heated conversation with a heckler after Golden State Warriors' 108-102 loss to Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of NBA Playoffs' Western Conference Finals at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, May 16, 2016. less TNT commentator Charles Barkley has a heated conversation with a heckler after Golden State Warriors' 108-102 loss to Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of NBA Playoffs' Western Conference Finals at Oracle Arena ... more Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Image 1 of / 48 Caption Close Warriors fan challenges Charles Barkley to a fight for picking the Thunder 1 / 48 Back to Gallery

Charles Barkley, the soft-spoken TNT analyst who has been a huge fan of the Warriors since Day One, was challenged to a fight on Sunday for picking the Oklahoma City Thunder over his beloved Golden State.

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Charles Barkley, the notorious Warriors-hating TNT analyst, was challenged to a fight by an overzealous fan at an Oklahoma City hotel bar on Sunday, for picking the Thunder over Golden State.

The scene, according to USA Today sports writer Sam Amick:

There was pressure building on Sunday night at a hotel bar not far from the Thunder's home, where a wayward Warriors fan was so enraged that TNT analyst Charles Barkley picked the Thunder to win the series that he challenged him to an actual fight (security was called, and the man was removed).

No other details are known about the almost-fight, but Sunday's loss against the Thunder was a tough blow to the ego for Warriors fans. (Not to mention Wednesday's loss, as well.) Despite how ill-advised picking a fight with 6'6" Barkley is, one has to admit that it took a lot of guts to stand up to him. Even if it does get you kicked out of a hotel bar.

Overall, it really isn't too much of a surprise that Barkley would go for the Thunder, as the former basketball player has long taunted Warriors fans over the years with his post-game wrap up.

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In fact, an SFGATE article dating back to 2007 posed the question, "What's up with Barkley's comments? Is there anything we can do about it?"

Apparently not. Even if you do challenge him to a fight.

Even with the Warriors championship win last year, Chronicle sports writer Al Saracevic wrote that Barkley still held onto his belief that Curry is not the best player in the league and that jump-shooting teams cannot win in the NBA.

"The Round Mound of Rebound has never appreciated the Warriors' freewheeling style of play, believing instead that the game revolves around big men," Saracevic wrote in 2015. "It's not a crazy theory, and Barkley did not appreciate being asked about his relentless Golden State hate."