By the time Steph Curry exited the Warriors’ locker room, his black championship shirt was soaked in champagne, his championship dad hat turned to the back. In one hand, he had a bottle of Moët with a white LED light bulb inside. In the other hand, his championship cigar, the one he’d been waiting a year to light. The normally family-friendly star was having a Jordan moment. From the hall outside the Warriors’ locker room, to the family room where he greeted his loved ones, to the court where media interviews awaited, Curry puffed away on the cigar, leaving a trail of smoke even on live television when chatting with the NBA TV crew.



LeBron James and the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers had left the building, but for the Warriors the celebration at Oracle Arena was just getting started. Curry worked his way back through the crowd toward the interview room, where the podium awaited him. His wife, Ayesha — who turned a customized version of...