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The Cincinnati Bengals will be without one of their top playmakers for a key Week 12 showdown between AFC contenders. Running back Joe Mixon will miss his team’s clash with the Tennessee Titans on Sunday due to a concussion, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Mixon suffered a concussion toward the end of the first half […]

A highly intriguing clash of up-and-coming Western Conference powers will be marred more by absences than initially anticipated. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum will miss his team’s tilt with the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday after entering health-and-safety protocols. The Pelicans and Grizzlies have emerged as arguably the […]

Andrew Wiggins drained six three-pointers for the second straight game on Wednesday, leading the Golden State Warriors with a season-high 31 points in their blowout win over the short-handed LA Clippers. The short-handed Clippers were simply no match for Draymond Green, Stephen Curry, Andrew Wiggins and the Warriors. (via @armstrongwinter)https://t.co/HLjTQ9x6Qz — Warriors Nation (@WarriorNationCP) November […]

The Buffalo Bills escaped Thanksgiving with a last-second win over the Detroit Lions. While a comeback win alone is plenty for Josh Allen and company to be thankful for this holiday season, rest assured the Bills are still keeping their fingers crossed when it comes to Von Miller. The future Hall-of-Famer left Thursday’s game early […]

The Golden State Warriors earned their seventh straight win at Chase Center, out-classing the short-handed LA Clippers 124-107. Here are three key reactions from the defending champions’ encouraging blowout victory. 3 key reactions from Warriors’ blowout win over Clippers Finally, some second-unit staying power? Golden State played a tight eight-man rotation in the second half […]

The latest fix for what ails the Golden State Warriors’ second unit? Leaning even harder on one of the defending champions’ veteran stars. Steve Kerr revealed before Wednesday’s game against the LA Clippers that Draymond Green will be on the floor to start the second and fourth quarters, hopefully mitigating struggles of Golden State’s bench-heavy […]

The Golden State Warriors certainly aren’t off to the start they wanted in 2022-23. Just over a month into the regular season, though, a team meeting led by Draymond Green has sparked some much-needed optimism in San Francisco—not to mention revealed that his longtime status as the Dubs’ emotional leader remains intact. Bob Myers addressed […]

It’s never been more obvious that Stephen Curry is a long way from calling his legendary career quits. Coming off his long-awaited first Finals MVP, the Golden State Warriors superstar has played perhaps his best basketball ever over the first five weeks of the regular season, clearly still at the top of his game at […]

Few players in league history know the NBA Finals quite like Stephen Curry. The Golden State Warriors superstar has played for the Larry O’Brien Trophy a whopping six times in his career, including all but two of the last eight seasons. Still, fighting the Boston Celtics for a championship at TD Garden last season proved […]

The Golden State Warriors finally earned their first road win of the season on Sunday night. Don’t anticipate them getting another 24 hours later. Golden State is resting Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson for Monday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans, the second leg of a back-to-back. The Warriors may be missing more […]

The Golden State Warriors got their first road win of 2022-23 on Sunday, clawing back to beat the Houston Rockets 127-120. Even better? The floodgates finally opened for Klay Thompson, who followed up his most efficient game of the season by erupting for 41 points and 10 made three-pointers. The floodgates opened for a scorching Klay […]

The Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 127-120 on Sunday, clawing back after blowing an early 18-point lead. Here are three things to know from Golden State’s first road win of 2022-23. 3 Warriors takeaways from tough win over Rockets Klay Thompson’s floodgates finally opened Here’s what Thompson posted on Instagram following the Warriors’ […]

Breaking news: The Atlanta Hawks are open to trading John Collins. Anyone following the NBA surely isn’t surprised by Collins’ name resurfacing in trade rumors. He’s been among the marquee players most likely to be dealt league-wide ever since contentious contract extension negotiations between he and the Hawks in summer 2020. Recent reporting on Collins’ […]

So much for Draymond Green losing his clout in the Golden State Warriors’ locker room after his preseason punch to Jordan Poole. The Warriors put together perhaps their finest performance of the season on Friday at Chase Center, beating the New York Knicks 111-101 in a wire-to-wire victory. The biggest story from a true team […]

The Golden State Warriors have only just begun digging themselves out of an early-season hole. Friday’s feel-good win over the New York Knicks was a positive step in the right direction, but still no surefire indicator of the Warriors’ ability to repeat as champions come spring and summer. Here's what to know from the Warriors' […]

The floodgates ultimately didn’t open the way Klay Thompson promises they will. Still, after his encouraging performance in the Golden State Warriors’ 111-101 win over the New York Knicks on Friday, there’s reason to believe Thompson’s early-season struggles will soon subside for good. Thompson scored 20 points in his team’s wire-to-wire victory, going 8-of-16 from […]

The Golden State Warriors got back on the right track Friday night at Chase Center, beating the New York Knicks 111-101 in a wire-to-wire win. Here are three things to know from the Warriors’ much-needed, feel-good win over New York. 3 Warriors takeaways from blowout win over Knicks Good Golden State three-point defense, or ice-cold […]

The first month of 2022-23 hasn’t exactly gone the way Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors hoped. Instead of lamenting his team’s rough early-season struggles, why shouldn’t Golden State’s favorite loudmouth continue basking in the afterglow of winning another title? That’s the tack Green took on the latest episode of Uninterrupted’s Throwing Bones, explaining in […]

Justin Jefferson will get the chance to follow up the most iconic performance of his awesome young career after all. A week after leading his team to a comeback win over the Buffalo Bills with a series of jaw-dropping catches, the Minnesota Vikings superstar has been removed from the injury report and is set to […]

Benching Klay Thompson won’t fix what ails the Golden State Warriors. Steve Kerr hasn’t repeatedly brushed off the notion of replacing him as a starter with Jordan Poole out of loyalty to a four-time champion who’s still working his way back from two-and-a-half seasons lost to injury. The Warriors’ optimal blend of shooting, defense and […]

The Golden State Warriors wasted another epic performance from Stephen Curry on Wednesday night, falling to the Phoenix 130-119 despite 50 points from the reigning Finals MVP. Another loss pushes Golden State to 6-9, behind the tied Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder for tenth in the Western Conference. Needless to say, this is not […]

The Golden State Warriors fell to the Phoenix Suns 130-119 on Wednesday, their eighth straight road loss to open 2022-23. Here are three key takeaways from another dispiriting performance from the defending champions. 3 key takeaways from Warriors’ loss to Suns 3. Phoenix was flaming hot from beyond the arc Playing without Chris Paul and […]

Klay Thompson’s ramp up toward his typical level of playing time is over. He’s averaged just over 32 minutes in the Golden State Warriors’ last seven games, just a couple less than the 32-year-old got in 2018-19 before injuries took away two-and-half seasons of his prime. Thompson knows he’ll never be the player he was […]

Lost amid James Wiseman’s G-League assignment is what the former No. 2 overall pick’s stay in Santa Cruz actually means for the Golden State Warriors this season. Draymond Green and Kevon Looney split all available minutes at center once Golden State returned from its winless five-game road trip, with Steve Kerr even starting Jordan Poole […]

The Golden State Warriors earned a much-needed feel-good win on Monday, routing the San Antonio Spurs 132-95 at Chase Center. Maybe a blowout home victory over a short-handed, rebuilding team absent three guards from its normal rotation won’t give the defending champions the jolt of momentum required to overcome their early-season struggles. Even if the […]

The Golden State Warriors finally earned a comfortable victory. Playing on the second night of a back-to-back without a resting Klay Thompson, the defending champions routed the San Antonio Spurs 132-95 at Chase Center on Monday behind a barrage of splashed triples and forced turnovers. Jordan Poole led the charge from the opening tip, dropping […]

James Wiseman took the floor for the first time in three games on Monday. The third-year big man’s minutes weren’t an indication he was suddenly back in the Golden State Warriors’ evolving rotation, though. Wiseman only got off the bench because his team was salting away a blowout win over the San Antonio Spurs, giving […]

Make no mistake. Jordan Poole definitely isn’t the driving force behind the Golden State Warriors’ ongoing bench struggles. But as Steve Kerr keeps searching for rotational answers behind his team’s “foundational six,” Draymond Green honed in on a nuanced dynamic he believes has contributed to poor early-season play from Golden State’s reserves. Here’s how the […]

The Sacramento Kings beat the Golden State Warriors at their own game Sunday night, pulling away for a 122-115 win over the defending champions courtesy of splashed three-pointers and forced turnovers. The Warriors’ I-80 rivals, it bears reminding, aren’t the on-court trainwreck they’ve been for the better part of the last two decades. Sacramento has […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are far more competent this season than years of an ongoing rebuild suggest. Still, it’s hard to blame Madison Square Garden for its collective reaction to the New York Knicks’ porous defense against the underrated Thunder regardless. New York fell to Oklahoma City 145-135 in a Sunday matinee, prompting a chorus […]

It certainly didn’t take long for Jalen Virgil to prove he’s not only deserving of a gameday roster spot with the Denver Broncos,  but a regular role in their anemic passing attack. The rookie wide receiver was active for the first time this season on Sunday in his team’s matchup against the Tennessee Titans, making […]

The Michigan Wolverines have enjoyed a dream season so far. Big Blue is 10-0 for the first time since 2006 after Saturday’s shellacking of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, in prime position for a College Football Playoff berth entering the last two weeks of 2022. The Wolverines aren’t resting on their laurels, though. Ahead of next week’s […]

Daniel Jones and the New York Giants will be getting a boost on the outside in Week 10. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, wide receiver Kenny Golladay is active for Sunday’s game at MetLife Stadium against the Houston Texans and is “expected to play and receive significant playing time.” Golladay was listed as questionable […]

Odds are against Jordan Poole establishing himself as the greatest shooter ever. He probably won’t win back-to-back MVPs whether or not one of them is unanimous. As much as the most optimistic fans cross their fingers otherwise, Poole is unlikely to win three more titles with the Golden State Warriors, too. Just because he’s bound […]

Klay Thompson went 3-of-13 from the field on Friday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers, missing all but one of his two-point tries and going 2-of-7 from beyond the arc. His nine points in the Golden State Warriors’ hard-fought 106-101 win marked the seventh time this season Thompson has finished a game with at least as […]

Stephen Curry willed his team to a much-needed victory again on Friday night, dropping 40 points on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Golden State Warriors’ hard-fought 106-101 victory. He not only scored at least 40 points for the second game in a row, but dominated the fourth quarter in truly singular fashion just like he […]

The Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 106-101 at Chase Center, erasing a double-digit second-half deficit behind much-improved play from the bench, dogged defense and palpable team-wide determination. Draymond Green dominated on both ends despite scoring just two points. Andrew Wiggins had 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting, making life hard on Darius Garland and […]

The Golden State Warriors have been a perfectly average offensive team through the first 10 games of the regular season. The defending champions’ 112.2 offensive rating ranks 15th in the league, per NBA.com/stats, a standing that’s actually somewhat surprising given the simultaneous struggles of two of their top scoring options. Klay Thompson is shooting 41.5% […]

As their bench continues to flounder over three weeks removed from tipoff of the regular season, it’s become clear the Golden State Warriors have a much bigger on-court role for Andre Iguodala than initially anticipated. Too bad the four-time champion is still nowhere near ready to make his 2022-23 debut. Steve Kerr on Wednesday updated […]