Deebo Samuel is still the 49ers’ bully making boom-or-bust plays

SANTA CLARA – Deebo Samuel marveled at Steph Curry and the Warriors as he sat courtside Tuesday night with fellow 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall at Chase Center.

“That game was lit up, like I was at a football game, for real,” Samuel said. “The crowd was loud, intense. Curry put the nail in the coffin at the end. It was a great game, for sure.”

Two days earlier, Samuel and the 49ers survived their own late-game theatrics. Samuel’s passion to win boiled over into a sideline spat with long snapper Taybor Pepper...