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Shortly after the Golden State Warriors clinched their second NBA title in the last three seasons, Nike fittingly played an ad starring 2017 NBA Finals MVP, Kevin Durant, detailing his 10-year legacy as a player coming into the league and all the criticism he’s faced throughout his career. “Debate This” sums up Durant in a […]

Following the Golden State Warriors‘ celebration of their NBA championship, Kevin Durant was back in front of the media and was asked about his rivalry with LeBron James, and how it felt to “slay” a giant of his kind after previously losing in the 2012 NBA Finals as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder. […]

After the Golden State Warriors acquired Kevin Durant last summer in the 2016 free agency, many believed the Warriors would be an unstoppable force heading into the next season. One year later, and we see the aftermath of KD moving from the Oklahoma City Thunder: he and the rest of the Warriors squadron are NBA […]

The Golden State Warriors delivered a momentous, title-clinching victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, with Kevin Durant scoring a team-high 39 points for the Warriors in Game 5 Monday en route to being named as the deserving NBA Finals MVP . Durant was simply phenomenal, scoring at least 30 points in each of the five games in the […]

When Kevin Durant made the move to the Golden State Warriors back when free agency began in July, he did it with the sole goal being to compete into June and win an NBA Championship. Despite what every critic had to say about Durant, he powered through a leg injury and led his team to […]

The Golden State Warriors held off the Cleveland Cavaliers to claim their second NBA title in the last three years. This has immediately placed a high level of expectations upon what could potentially lie in front of the Warriors over the next several seasons with their current core group in place. In light of that, Stephen Curry […]

When the Golden State Warriors acquired Kevin Durant through free agency last summer, it immediately thrust a high level of expectations onto the franchise. However, there was still some question about whether Durant could mesh well with the Warriors. This drew no concern from head coach Steve Kerr, who thought it would all work out […]

In Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night, the Golden State Warriors knocked off the Cleveland Cavaliers to enact revenge and earn the 2017 NBA title. A major part of that was the stellar play of Kevin Durant, who was without a doubt their leading offensive scoring punch. He notched a team-best 39 points […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr admitted the team is more nervous in advance for tonight’s Game 5 than it was prior to Game 4. They had a chance to make history and close it out at the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ home court. The man at the helm expressed that nerves prior to an 18th meeting between […]

Game 4 of the NBA Finals was just about everything the first two games hadn’t been — physical, gritty, and even choppy at times — a tempo the Golden State Warriors didn’t find too comforting, falling behind by 16 points after a record-setting 49-point first quarter by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night. That quarter saw […]

Through the first four games of the NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors have held firm control of the series over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kevin Durant has been at the forefront of it all for the Warriors as their leading offensive scoring punch. According to Basketball Reference, Durant is on pace to put himself in […]

The 2017 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers is set to continue on Monday night with the series shifting back to Oracle Arena. With the Warriors holding the opportunity to close out the series on their home floor, Darren Rovell of ESPN is reporting that a fan has purchased tickets for […]

Despite a resounding 137-116 Game 4 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, the Golden State Warriors were in a much lighter mood during Sunday morning shootaround, as Kevin Durant bragged about a narrow win over teammate Stephen Curry in one of their usual shooting competitions. During his media session, Durant was informed that […]

Stephen Curry and company have 43 reasons to win the championship tonight in front of a packed home crowd at Oracle Arena during Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The Golden State Warriors will look to be the first Bay Area team to win a championship in front of their fans since a Rollie Fingers-led 1974 Oakland […]

Following the Cleveland Cavaliers Game 4’s barrage of trifectas, Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant assured that it wasn’t lady luck sitting courtside with them, but rather a performance they can repeat if his team makes the same defensive mistakes at home on Monday. “They can do that again,” Durant told Michael Grange of Toronto […]

Friday night’s record-breaking three-point barrage didn’t come without its share of admonishment from Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant, who knows the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ 24 treys didn’t come from just an otherworldly shooting display, but plenty of uncharacteristic open looks given throughout Game 4. Durant wasn’t happy with the Warriors’ effort at the defensive end […]

Draymond Green was once again at the center of a lot of talk following the strong comments he made against the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ fans recently. It can be recalled that the Golden State Warriors All-Star forward took a shot at their intelligence for how they treated him in Game 4 on Friday night. When asked recently if […]

After Draymond Green decided to run his mouth a few days ago about Kevin Durant‘s big move to the Golden State Warriors, the media simply could not let the hot story not resurface once again. Green claimed he played an integral part in recruiting Durant to the Warriors by calling him almost immediately after the […]

Draymond Green has been showered with boos and chants in every road arena in the NBA this season, but none is more intently passionate than Quicken Loans Arena, which will not hesitate to let the Golden State Warriors forward hear it every chance it’s given. But to Green it isn’t a reason of doubt or […]

The NBA will not enforce any additional discipline on Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia after swiping at Iman Shumpert‘s groin during a loose ball tussle in the third quarter of Friday’s Game 4 of the NBA Finals, according to Sam Amick of USA TODAY Sports. Pachulia went to the ground after losing the ball […]

Through much of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers, much has been said about LeBron James play late in games. Prior to Game 4 on Friday night, Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen during an appearance on ESPN’ NBA The Jump voiced his displeasure with the conversation around James being tired […]

There was no shortage of physicality in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday night between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. To no one’s surprise, one of the players at the center of it all was Warriors All-Star forward Draymond Green, who got involved in a couple of intense moments that all […]

Friday night featured the most physical game of the NBA Finals with the Cleveland Cavaliers topping the Golden State Warriors 137-116 in Game 4. It also featured many controversial and questionable calls both ways that had a big impact on the flow of the contest. With that in mind, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr avoided commenting on the officiating […]

Game 4 of the NBA Finals wasn’t short of drama despite the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ 137-116 blowout win over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night. Draymond Green earned his second technical of the series and his fourth of the postseason after arguing with an official in the third quarter; but in a high-stakes game of this […]

The Golden State Warriors ran into a myriad of problem in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, facing a Cleveland Cavaliers team that had the resolve to defend their home court and put up a historic shooting performance to do so in a 137-116 win. But if there is something Warriors forward Draymond Green is […]

During an intense Game 4 of the NBA Finals, tempers and emotions were running high all around, but that didn’t stop the 6-foot-3, 175-pound head coach Steve Kerr from flinching upon seeing a hulking referee Marc Davis suddenly turn around to face him. Steve Kerr scared of ref hitting him pic.twitter.com/66s2yg6hLC — letsgobrowns (@CraigWaikem) June […]

The strangest moment of a heavily refereed Game 4 that saw a whopping 22 free-throw attempts by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first quarter and a total 67 combined trips to the line for the game (including seven technical fouls called), was what seemed to be a second technical foul on Golden State Warriors forward Draymond […]

In a lopsided start to Game 4 of the NBA Finals after the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ record-setting 49-point first quarter, many plays demanded a heated back-and-forth, but none caused more controversy than a face-to-face encounter between LeBron James and Kevin Durant, the two alpha dogs from each respective squad. The two were seen in a heated argument in […]

The Golden State Warriors finally fell to their first loss in the NBA playoffs in the close-out game in the NBA Finals in Game 4 with a chance to sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers. Following the contest, the Portland Trail Blazers took that opportunity to take a jab at the defending champions via Twitter. @cavs good […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors played one of the most high-powered offensive games of the season in Game 4, with the Cavs scoring 49 points in the first quarter and 86 points in the first half. While the Warriors got within 11 points in the second half, the Cavs put the finishing touches […]

Game 4 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors got heated in the second half with Kevin Durant and LeBron James going at it after a hard foul, and at one point, Draymond Green was even issued his second technical foul of the game. Only it wasn’t his second, at least not after the […]

Game 4 of the NBA Finals is underway and it began at a frenetic pace. Emotions are sky-high and the energy in the building is enough to power a city. The Cleveland Cavaliers have come out with the secret stuff scoring 49 points in the first quarter alone, setting an NBA Finals record for the highest […]

If being the first team across three different sports (NBA, MLB, NHL) to win 15 straight games in a postseason wasn’t enough, the Golden State Warriors have done so while maintaining a high-octane scoring assault, scoring 100-plus points in each of their playoff wins this season. Everyone knows the Warriors' 15-0 start is a record. […]

Drink every time Draymond Green complains about a foul call. Drink every time LeBron James travels (even if it isn’t called). Heck, drink every time Donald Trump says, “believe me,” or “emails,” during one of his speeches or tweets. We’ve all played those fun games with our friends in get-togethers and they’ll never get old. […]

Three games into this year’s NBA Finals, Kevin Durant‘s name reigns atop a mountain of storied players, logging the best average game score in The Finals since 1984, per Basketball-Reference. Durant logged a game-score high of 30.8, a whisker above some of the legends of the sport — Shaquille O’Neal from 1999-2002, who owns the […]

A day prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals, Wayne Pratt took the ball in his hands from an inbounds pass, took a couple of dribbles, gathered the ball and lofted a jumper from well behind the three-point line of the left wing — calling “game” snappily after his opponent yelled “he ain’t gonna do […]

While the Golden State Warriors haven’t celebrated an NBA championship at home since 1956, forward Draymond Green is more than okay with making it more than a 61-year wait for fans in the Bay Area, as long as they get to go back for a parade. The Warriors beat the Detroit Pistons 4-1 back in […]

The NBA and its partners lose money if Golden State sweeps Cleveland A sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals is a winning conclusion for the Golden State Warriors and their fans, but it is a losing situation for the business of the Association. Obviously, the NBA and the two teams stand to lose money […]

With the Golden State Warriors already at the brink of winning their second championship in three years, it is exciting times for the team, their fans and the whole of the Bay Area. Many are already looking forward to them winning on Friday and sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers, as they also have the chance to […]