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Despite finishing the regular season as the No. 7 and No. 8 seeds, respectively, in the always dangerous Western Conference, the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors will still be forced to square off in one of the four play-in games that will kickoff the 2020-21 NBA Playoffs. Although many of the players from each […]

Stephen Curry became a mainstay in the NBA Finals through the last half of the previous decade. Led by their superstar point guard, the Golden State Warriors made five straight NBA Finals from 2015 to 2019 and won three championships. Curry may not have won a single Finals MVP in those three titles wins, but […]

Although the 2010s ended with a thud for the Golden State Warriors, they built a dynasty over the latter half of the decade. Sure, the Warriors also endured several heartbreaking moments during that span, but their glorious accomplishments certainly trump those dark times. Let’s recall five of the greatest moments in Golden State Warriors history. Honorable mention: […]

LeBron James has always been a team player. He even said so, tagging himself recently as a pass-first guy. So it didn’t come as a surprise that he was fired up after learning the latest feat of the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers ended the regular season with the top-ranked defense in the entire NBA. […]

Stephen Curry and Draymond Green have gone to many battles together. They have shiny trophies and battle scars to prove it. This season was no different, with the two veteran stars having to carry much of the load for the Golden State Warriors with their fellow stud Klay Thompson out for the second straight year. […]

Jayson Tatum was absolutely en fuego on opening night of the NBA play-in tournament. The Boston Celtics star dropped 50 points on the Washington Wizards and made it look easy while doing it too. The Celtics swingman hilariously became the NBA play-in tournament’s all-time leading scorer, after a whopping sample size of two games. The […]

Golden State Warriors main man Stephen Curry isn’t new to getting compliments. But when it comes from his fellow players, it becomes extra special. It should be, right? On Tuesday, he received the ultimate compliment, quite unexpectedly, from Los Angeles Lakers guard Dennis Schroder, who is set to shadow Curry in their play-in tournament skirmish. […]

Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis has been officially listed as questionable for Wednesday’s game against the Golden State Warriors. Per Kyle Goon of Southern California News Group, Davis’ status remains in question because of a right shoulder sprain. However, it is more than likely that the All-Star big man plays in what is […]

The deadline to sign NBA free agents in time for the playoffs has passed. In the end, Jeremy Lin remained without a team despite proving himself capable of still playing in the big leagues. With the season basically over for him, Lin opened up about his NBA comeback bid this 2020-21 in a rather heartbreaking […]

The Golden State Warriors will be playing in the most important game of their season thus far on Wednesday when they take on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers to determine the seventh seed in the Western Conference. Stephen Curry knows what’s at stake, which is why he is adamant that Dubs teammate Draymond […]

Los Angeles Lakers All-Star big-man Anthony Davis is ready to slide to center for the play-in matchup against the Golden State Warriors. For the second consecutive year since Davis arrived in Los Angeles, the 6’11 superstar has spent most of his (healthy) regular season at power forward, while a combination of Andre Drummond and Marc […]

Earlier in the week, Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James revealed that in his mind, Stephen Curry is this season’s MVP. The Golden State Warriors superstar has since caught wind of LeBron’s rather surprising endorsement, and he has come out with an unsurprisingly no-nonsense response. Curry acknowledged LeBron’s praise, but quickly shifted his focus to […]

Two days after LeBron James endorsed Stephen Curry for MVP, the Los Angeles Lakers showered Curry with similar respect ahead of their play-in game against the Golden State Warriors. “He’s carrying his team,” Anthony Davis said in his post-practice Zoom. “Everyone counted the Warriors out, and he’s doing everything he could to lead the team […]

Stephen Curry has made it clear: the Golden State Warriors are not stopping with just a play-in berth. They want to win, and they want to keep winning in the playoffs. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday–a day before taking on the Los Angeles Lakers in the play-in tournament–Curry reflected on the preseason predictions that wrote […]

It looks like the Golden State Warriors are truly embracing the play-in tournament. Just ask head coach Steve Kerr and superstar guard Stephen Curry. On Tuesday ahead of their play-in showdown with the Los Angeles Lakers, Kerr opened up why he thinks the play-in is good for the NBA. Simply put, the new format injected […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James will be ready for the play-in game vs. Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday at Staples Center, Frank Vogel confirmed. In his post-practice Zoom on Tuesday, the Lakers head coach said LeBron experienced predictable soreness in his right ankle after playing back-to-back games this weekend. He […]

The comparisons for Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry come from every angle. In reality, it’s hard to compare the 3-point sniper to anyone as he changed the way the game is played from beyond the arc. Former NBA champion Chris Bosh chimed in with a bold comparison based off what he has seen from […]

The Utah Jazz have been dynamite on offense this season. Their scoring punch has been a total team effort, spearheaded by their backcourt stars in Donovan Mitchell, Mike Conley and Jordan Clarkson. Sure, people know the Jazz have been good this year. After all, Utah finished the season with the best record in the NBA […]

Right now, the MVP race has become a two-horse race between Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors. For Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, however, he seems to believe that he too should have been in the running had it not been for one key factor. LeBron […]

NBA fans will be treated to what should be a thrilling set of games this week as the league heads into the play-in tournament stage. As it turns out, the NBA is very likely to adopt this format on a more permanent basis, with the possibility of a mid-season play-in tournament also a possibility. This […]

The Utah Jazz will get the week off as they await their first-round opponents for this year’s NBA Playoffs. Rudy Gobert and the rest of the Jazz will be intently watching the play-in bouts this week as they wait to see who they get to face in the opening round. Whichever team that ends up […]

In the end, the defending NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers and superstar forward LeBron James were unable to avoid the league’s new play-in format for the postseason. With the Lakers currently seeded seventh in the Western Conference, Los Angeles will initially be taking on the always dangerous Golden State Warriors, a team that has done […]

Los Angeles Lakers big man Andre Drummond hasn’t exactly been tearing it up since arriving in LA a couple of months back. It’s been a relatively slow adjustment period for the two-time All-Star, but the good news is that right now, Drummond believes that he’s finally getting his rhythm. With a tough test against Stephen […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green is not a big-time scorer. He has never been anyway. What he lacks in scoring, though, he more than makes up with his playmaking and rebounding. Sure enough, after the Warriors finished with the eighth seed in the West and a spot in the play-in, Green ended the regular […]

While almost everyone is already giving Nikola Jokic the MVP award, Golden State Warriors star  Stephen Curry comes saying “hold up.” After a brilliant performance over the past few weeks that has propelled the Warriors to the play-in tournament as the eighth seed, Curry received the Player of the Month honor for the Western Conference. […]

The Western Conference play-in tournament will feature a marquee showdown between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers. Get your popcorn ready. Golden State is riding high thanks to the spectacular play of scoring champion Stephen Curry. Los Angeles, meanwhile, is back at full strength but also faces the daunting prospect of being a […]

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is on a heater, and he’s heading into Wednesday’s play-in game against the Los Angeles Lakers after a 46-point effort against the Memphis Grizzlies to close the regular season. The general assumption is Curry is going to absolutely go off against the Lakers to give the Warriors a fighting […]

It’s official. The Los Angeles Lakers are locked into the 7-seed, setting up a play-in tournament matchup against the Golden State Warriors. The headline for this one is obviously the heavyweight battle between the two biggest stars in the NBA: LeBron James vs. Stephen Curry. But while the one-on-one matchup looks cool on paper, do […]

It was a season filled with shuffled lineups and up and down play for the Golden State Warriors. One thing remained consistent throughout: Stephen Curry’s ability to carry the team. The Warriors enter the postseason as the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference and have a date lined up with the Los Angeles Lakers […]

LeBron James surprisingly endorsed longtime rival Stephen Curry for 2020-21 NBA MVP — moments after a play-in matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors was officially set. “We’re playing, in my opinion, the MVP of our league this year in Steph,” James said following the Lakers’ regular-season finale against the New Orleans […]

It’s official. The Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors will participate in the upper leg of the play-in tournament. The winner of Wednesday’s game will secure the seventh seed in the playoffs, while the loser will play the winner of the San Antonio Spurs-Memphis Grizzlies duel. It’s an odd sight to see LeBron James […]

Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant is more than convinced that Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry deserves the 2020-21 MVP award. After witnessing Curry’s greatness first-hand on Sunday in their crucial seeding battle, Morant took it to Twitter to give the Warriors sharpshooter a ringing endorsement. In fact, for the 2020 Rookie of the Year, […]

It seems like Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Stephen Curry is excited for his potential play-in tournament showdown with Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James. After leading the Dubs to a 113-101 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, Curry spoke about his rivalry with James and why he always looks forward to their matchups on […]

San Francisco, CA – The Golden State Warriors clinch the 8-seed in the play-in tournament behind another electric performance from the 2020-21 scoring champion Stephen Curry, who dropped a game-high 46 points on Sunday. This game was Curry’s first-ever matchup against reigning rookie of the year Ja Morant. Curry, a much-improved defender, guarded Morant more […]

After starting as a small-ball center for the Golden State Warriors against the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, Draymond Green made sure to remind all NBA big men and everyone else what he is truly made of. With the Warriors missing the services of some of their big men, including rookie center James Wiseman, Green had […]

The Golden State Warriors clinched the 8 seed in the Western Conference after another huge performance from Stephen Curry. After the game, Steph put on the headset and was mid-interview when he got dumped with water, causing yet another postgame fail. Need ice water to cool Steph Curry off after his 46 PTS! The @warriors […]

Stephen Curry is a cheat code, and that’s not even the worst part for opponents. The Golden State Warriors star knows how to rub it in whenever he is killing the opposing side with his hot shooting and crafty shot-making. That is exactly what happened on Sunday for the Memphis Grizzlies, as Curry torched them […]

The Golden State Warriors beat the Memphis Grizzlies after Stephen Curry secured his second career scoring title in the first quarter. The Dubs will now officially hold the 8 seed in the Western Conference and could potentially end up playing the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James in what would be an epic play-in game. […]

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry secured his second NBA scoring title in the first quarter of Sunday’s showdown against the Memphis Grizzlies, officially beating out Bradley Beal with a bucket. Curry entered the game with a scoring average of 31.8 points per game and needed just three points to become the scoring champ. Here’s […]