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Golden State Warriors star point guard Stephen Curry is just the fourth player in NBA postseason history to score 30 or more points in at least three consecutive games without missing a free throw. Hall of Famers Larry Bird, Ray Allen and Steve Nash are the other players to accomplish this feat. Stephen Curry is […]

Golden State Warriors superstar small forward Kevin Durant will reportedly likely miss the entire Western Conference Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers, according to Monte Poole of NBC Sports Bay Area. Durant’s right calf injury is more serious than the Warriors initially thought. KD has already been ruled out for Games 3 and 4 in […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr says Kevin Durant is making good progress in his recovery from a right calf strain, but the team doesn’t know when the superstar small forward will return to the lineup. The Warriors have already ruled out Durant for Games 3 and 4 of the Western Conference Finals against […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr says DeMarcus Cousins is ahead of Kevin Durant in his rehab. Cousins suffered a torn left quad in Game 2 of the first round against the Los Angeles Clippers. Kerr says Cousins is ahead of Durant in terms of his ability to get out on the court and […]

Let’s for a second pretend that the Golden State Warriors make the finals (it looks like they will) and that Kevin Durant, who is currently battling a calf strain, is unavailable. Will the Warriors be able to beat their Eastern Conference opponent? Charles Barkley says not a chance: "Anybody who thinks they're going to win […]

Kevin Durant might be absent from the court during the last three games after suffering a strained calf injury in the third quarter of Game 5 of the Western Conference Semifinals, yet the Golden State Warriors leading scorer is still present in mind. According to Draymond Green, it was Durant’s outside perception that ultimately pepped-talked […]

Charles Barkley has been very gung-ho about the Milwaukee Bucks during these playoffs, and he once again made the prediction that the Bucks will be the 2019 NBA champions. This is a prediction he has made several times during this postseason: "I think they're going to win the world championship." —Charles Barkley on the Bucks […]

Draymond Green is full aware the Golden State Warriors will need Kevin Durant to reach their goal of a third straight title, but he also noted how his team now has a tighter margin for error without him on the floor. Durant suffered a strained calf in the closing minutes of the third quarter of […]

Despite the optics, Draymond Green is not buying into the narrative that the Golden State Warriors are a better team without Kevin Durant. The Warriors have won three straight games and a pivotal fourth quarter against the Houston Rockets without Durant, but that short sample isn’t enough for Green to bite on that spin. “That’s idiotic,” […]

Kevon Looney had plenty of admiration for Draymond Green’s performance throughout Game 2, as the latter showed his mettle at both ends of the floor in a 114-11 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday. The Golden State Warriors engine spearheaded the team’s comeback in the third quarter and battled through foul trouble in […]

Thanks in large part to the outstanding second half play of Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors managed to walk away from Thursday night’s Western Conference Finals matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers with a 114-111 victory. As a result, the Dubs are now leading the series, 2-0. The Warriors were trailing the Blazers by […]

Klay Thompson is cold as ice. Yet there was more frosty content in his icy veins after the Golden State Warriors escaped with a 114-111 win in Game 2, when asked if he had a front row seat to the interactions between his backcourt teammate Stephen Curry and his brother Seth. Carlos Ramirez of Telemundo […]

Draymond Green has been the catalyst he was expected to be for the Golden State Warriors this postseason, and no effort was more visible than his master class on defense in Game 2 against the Portland Trail Blazers. Enough to call himself the best defender of all time. Perhaps so: “The best ever defender?” Green […]

Andre Iguodala lauded his teammate Draymond Green for his defensive genius in a very atypical way. The Golden State Warriors swingman called Green the Carmelo Anthony of defense. According to Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic, this isn’t as bad as it sounds. “Iguodala was drawing parallels between Anthony’s offense and Green’s defense,” wrote Thompson. […]

The endless mind games between siblings Seth Curry and Stephen Curry were on full display during the Golden State Warriors’ Game 2 win at Oracle Arena. The Portland Trail Blazers guard knocked down a clutch 3-pointer right in front of his brother and picked his pocket from behind, but his greatest attempt to get in […]

Thursday’s Game 2 was bound to be a disappointing night for the Golden State Warriors, who quickly saw themselves trailing the Portland Trail Blazers 65-50 at halftime and in need of answers. The Dubs got those answers in the next two quarters and pulled off a 114-111 win to defend their home court advantage and […]

Golden State Warriors center Kevon Looney has played a key role in these playoffs, and he was at it again in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers. Looney played 29 big minutes off the bench in a 114-111 Warriors victory, and he was part of a dominant lineup in […]

In the Golden State Warriors offensive system, the nucleus is joy. They emphasize passing, movement, cutting, while in the process looking for the extra pass. In the pre-Kevin Durant years, 15-0 runs at the Oracle Arena were like witnessing an avalanche. But when Durant went down near the end of the third quarter in Game […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard wasn’t able to get a potential game-tying shot off in the final seconds of Game 2 against the Golden State Warriors thanks to Andre Iguodala’s savvy strip, which preserved a 114-111 Warriors victory. However, Lillard thinks there was plenty of contact made and that a foul should’ve been called: […]

Golden State Warriors veteran forward Andre Iguodala put the finishing touches on the Warriors’ come-from-behind victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, stripping Blazers star Damian Lillard in the final seconds to secure the 114-111 win. After the game, Iguodala was caught on ESPN making a NSFW exclamation […]

The Golden State Warriors were able to take a 2-0 series lead over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday, and head coach Steve Kerr feels his team got away with one. The Warriors managed to overcome a slow start to rally late and secure the 114-111 victory. According to Mark Medina of The Mercury News, […]

The biggest storyline surrounding the Western Conference Finals has been the matchup between brothers Stephen Curry and Seth Curry. The Golden State Warriors’ star admitted that while he is looking to put the Portland Trail Blazers away as soon as possible, he would not mind seeing his younger sibling put up some numbers. Fortunately, he […]

Golden State Warriors guard Andre Iguodala has established a career playoff high in blocks. According to StatMuse’s official Twitter account, Iguodala has 14 blocks in the playoffs through May 16. That was the combined total he registered in the last two playoffs with Golden State. Including the controversial one that sealed the Warriors win, Iggy […]

As Damian Lillard dribbled the ball with the fourth-quarter game clock ticking below 10 seconds and the Portland Trail Blazers trailing by three, Andre Iguodala knew what he had to do. Lillard might be more comfortable making deep, contested three-pointers than any player in the NBA, as he’s made abundantly clear this postseason, and the […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has admitted that the injury to Kevin Durant was ‘more serious’ than the team initially thought. In a postgame interview after their Game 2 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, Kerr shared the news, per Marc Stein of the New York Times. “It’s a little more serious than […]

New NBA viewers would be inclined to believe that the Western Conference Finals will be decided by who wins the battle between Stephen Curry and Seth Curry. The broadcast’s incessant focus on the Curry brothers and their family, in both Games 1 and 2, has occasionally made it hard for even more ardent fans to […]

For Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, Game 2s of any playoff series are scary. Even without Kevin Durant, the Warriors beat the visiting Portland Trail Blazers, 114-111, in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals on May 16. Golden State had to rally from a 17-point deficit in the third quarter to eke […]

After a Game 2 loss which put his team down 2-0 in the Western Conference Finals against the Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers star guard Damian Lillard believes the Blazers can extend the series and come back to Oracle Arena. In the postgame press conference, Lillard said this, per ESPN: “I doubt this will […]

The underdog Portland Trail Blazers definitely don’t need any extra motivation to win the Western Conference Finals, and the heavily-favored Golden State Warriors definitely don’t need to hear anything that could spark more frequent bouts of on-court complacency. After the Warriors’ hard-fought Game 2 win over the Blazers on Thursday night, though, an injured Kevin […]

The Golden State Warriors mounted a comeback despite nailing just one 3-pointer in the final 15:48 of their Game 2 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals. The last 3-pointer from the Warriors in the last 15:48 was from Alfonzo McKinnie, which he hit in the third quarter with 1:28 left. […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard suffered an apparent rib injury in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against the Golden State Warriors. The apparent injury occurred in the third quarter on a scramble for the loose ball. Kevon Looney ended up with the rock and passed it forward. But he landed on Lillard’s […]

There are many silver linings for the Golden State Warriors stemming from Kevin Durant’s ongoing absence. Chief among them, of course, is Steve Kerr’s team reverting back to the wide open, up-and-down style that caused an entire generation of basketball fans to see the game in a different light. Another, less obvious one? An expanded […]

It goes without saying that Steph Curry’s performance in the Western Conference Finals will be more impactful, for better or worse, than that of his younger brother’s. But to ignore Seth Curry’s potential influence altogether would be remiss, as he’s making abundantly clear on Thursday night. Midway through the fourth quarter of a tightly-contested Game […]

Sonya Curry, mother of Seth Curry and Stephen Curry, changed her pregame routine in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors. The information was shared by her husband Dell, who spoke for her as she was so nervous watching her sons play against each other. […]

DeMarcus Cousins of the Golden State Warriors has progressed to some on-court work but will be re-evaluated in one week. Per the Warriors PR, Cousins is still not ready for live action after suffering a torn left quadriceps muscle on April 15. Along with teammate Kevin Durant (calf strain), the big man will be re-evaluated […]

Kevin Durant will be re-evaluated in a week and is not yet ready to resume on-court work following a mild calf sprain suffered in Game 5 of the Golden State Warriors’ series against the Houston Rockets, according to the team. ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne reportedly earlier Thursday that Durant wasn’t close to returning, and the Warriors […]

Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers says star small forward Kevin Durant won’t travel to Portland for Games 3 and 4 of the Western Conference Finals against the Blazers. Durant is still recovering from the right calf strain he suffered in Game 5 of the Warriors’ second round series versus the Houston Rockets. Bob […]

Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry admitted that going up against his younger brother, Portland Trail Blazers guard Seth Curry, feels a bit weird. In an interview with Rachel Nichols of ESPN, Curry shared his experience facing his brother in Game 1 of the 2019 Western Conference Finals. The two-time NBA Most Valuable Player said […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr says center DeMarcus Cousins is not close to playing in a game, but is making progress in his rehab from a torn left quad. Cousins suffered the injury in Game 2 of the first round against the Los Angeles Clippers. Kerr on Cousins: "He's not exactly close to […]