# “Fake Toughness”: Warriors’ Charles Bassey Rips Marcus Smart After Getting Punched as Draymond Green Sends Message

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5 outlets covering · First listed: EssentiallySports, Nov 12, 2026, 5:40 AM · Read it: <https://www.essentiallysports.com/nba-active-basketball-news-fake-toughness-golden-state-warriors-charles-bassey-rips-marcus-smart-after-getting-punched-as-draymond-green-sends-message/>

It was a night to forget for the Golden State Warriors. They lost Stephen Curry to an injury, saw their historic eight-game winning streak come to an end, and then watched Marcus Smart throw a wild punch at their center, Charles Bassey. The blow narrowly missed landing cleanly on Bassey’s nose, potentially adding another injury

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 11, 2026, 10:44 PM: [Rockets' Smart ejected for throwing punch. Warriors player calls it 'fake toughness'](<https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7775274/2026/11/11/rockets-marcus-smart-ejected-for-throwing-punch-at-warriors-player/>) — The Athletic (Sports, United States)
  The Rockets guard threw a punch at Warriors center Charles Bassey.
- Nov 11, 2026, 11:27 PM: [Rockets' Smart ejected for throwing punch at Warriors' Bassey](<https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/50459125/rockets-marcus-smart-ejected-punch-warriors-bassey>) — ESPN (Sports, United States)
  Rockets guard Marcus Smart threw a right hook Wednesday night that grazed the nose of Warriors center Charles Bassey in the third quarter of Houston's win.
- Nov 12, 2026, 1:46 AM: [Warriors center calls out Marcus Smart’s ‘fake toughness’ after punch leads to ejection](<https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/sports/warriors-center-calls-out-marcus-smarts-fake-toughness-after-punch-leads-to-ejection/>) — NY Post (Newspaper, United States)
  Marcus Smart took a swing at Golden State's Charles Bassey and got himself ejected from the Warriors’ 115-108 loss to the Rockets on Wednesday night.
- Nov 12, 2026, 5:15 AM: [Ime Udoka shares what Charles Bassey actually said to Marcus Smart](<https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ime-udoka-shares-charles-bassey-111500867.html>) — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States)
  Everyone had a theory about the chirping between Charles Bassey and Marcus Smart, until Ime Udoka finally set the record straight. Even with Steph Curry heading to the locker room early with an injury, the Rockets and Warriors still gave fans a tight, ugly scrap right down to the wire.
- Nov 12, 2026, 5:40 AM: [“Fake Toughness”: Warriors’ Charles Bassey Rips Marcus Smart After Getting Punched as Draymond Green Sends Message](<https://www.essentiallysports.com/nba-active-basketball-news-fake-toughness-golden-state-warriors-charles-bassey-rips-marcus-smart-after-getting-punched-as-draymond-green-sends-message/>) — EssentiallySports (Sports)
  It was a night to forget for the Golden State Warriors. They lost Stephen Curry to an injury, saw their historic eight-game winning streak come to an end, and then watched Marcus Smart throw a wild punch at their center, Charles Bassey. The blow narrowly missed landing cleanly on Bassey’s nose, potentially adding another injury