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Throughout the season, Klay Thompson has been asked about a contract extension with the Golden State Warriors, and although he hasn’t talked a lot about it he has said the same thing every time, that he wants to continue to be a Warrior. Klay Thompson says he wants to stay. Per sources, he backs it […]

The Houston Rockets are set to meet the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals. Both teams have laid out their scouting report. Kevin Durant of the Warriors gave a general breakdown of the Rockets’ defense, which has improved a whole lot this season. As reported by Mark Medina of The Mercury News, Durant […]

The Houston Rockets and the Golden State Warriors kick off the Western Conference Finals on Monday night at the Toyota Center, and given the fact that these two teams are not known for liking each other, chances are high this series will get chippy. Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the chippiness that this […]

Helmed by offensive master Mike D’Antoni, the Houston Rockets are known for high-scoring affairs, laced by three-point baskets all over coupled with an offensive display by James Harden. But this year, the Rockets seemed to be deadset on improving their defensive game as well. Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, however, commented on how the […]

The Golden State Warriors are back in the Western Conference Finals for the fourth straight year. But this time, things are a little bit different, as their foes — the Houston Rockets — are the ones who have the homecourt advantage. As reported by Mark Medina of The Mercury News, Klay Thompson shared his thoughts […]

After a season’s worth of waiting, the highly-anticipated matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Finals is set to begin. Needless to say, head coach Steve Kerr is excited about the position Golden State is in. Although the Warriors have been the NBA’s superpower for the past several years, […]

It’s the series most assumed would happen before the season even began, but now it is official — the Golden State Warriors will face the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Finals. Most of the NBA community is giddy over this, as this could very well be one of the most offensively focused series in […]

Nearly four months have passed since Clint Capela rode an emotional high after capturing a 2-1 lead over the Golden State Warriors in the regular season series. “We are better than them,” Capela said after scoring 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting in a 116-108 win. The win secured a tie-breaking situation if both teams wound […]

We’re finally here.  On May 14, the Golden State Warriors will kick off their fourth consecutive Western Conference Finals appearance, facing the Houston Rockets. Except this time, it won’t be at home. From the moment Chris Paul navigated his way to Texas, this clash has seemed inevitable; pitting the two most efficient predators in a matchup […]

The Houston Rockets will have a full five days to get a game plan together to dethrone the Golden State Warriors before the two teams meet on Monday at the Toyota Center for the start of the Western Conference Finals. Houston big man, Clint Capela, knows it will be a challenged. The center is expecting […]

The season wasn’t supposed to end in the first round of the playoffs for Paul George. He went to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the hopes of expanding his horizons other than going to the L.A. Lakers in the 2018 offseason. The Lakers weren’t willing to give up any of their young players to acquire […]

Kevin Durant followed Draymond Green’s comments on their awaiting Western Conference Finals matchup against the Houston Rockets, a team that wasn’t shy to point to their self-professed “obsession” with dethroning the defending champions over the offseason. “We got our work cut out for us,” Durant said, according to ESPN’s Chris Haynes. “It’s not going to […]

Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia has logged fewer playoff minutes than the games the team has played, garnering only eight in total between Games 3 and 4 of the series against the New Orleans Pelicans, which came to an end on Tuesday night. Head coach Steve Kerr has gone to a small lineup, landing […]

Draymond Green isn’t reciprocating feelings when it comes to the Houston Rockets. The Golden State Warriors’ system wasn’t made to go through the Rockets nor was the goal to reach the Western Conference Finals — it was an expectation, having done so the last three years. “We won two championships in three years, we’re not […]

The Golden State Warriors had yet to limit Stephen Curry’s minutes since coming back after a 16-game absence in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals, but they did something even smarter — limiting his involvement in set plays and allowing him to get his wind back by playing off the ball. Curry did so […]

Draymond Green may have finished the 113-104 drubbing of the New Orleans Pelicans just one assist shy of a triple-double, but that was good enough for the Golden State Warriors’ Swiss army knife to lock up an elusive franchise record as the first player in Warriors history to average a triple-double in an NBA playoff […]

Steve Kerr really likes to play to matchups and he doesn’t usually have a confirmed bench rotation. During the regular season almost every night it was different players taking the floor. When the Golden State Warriors played the San Antonio Spurs in the opening round series, JaVale McGee got a lot of run because it worked […]

Draymond Green took a page out of his old book and joined his former assistant coach, Alvin Gentry, in the New Orleans Pelicans huddle during the first quarter — a sight so familiar that it look as if Gentry didn’t even notice him there. The Golden State Warriors forward was kindly removed from the huddle […]

The Golden State Warriors became the third team to punch their ticket to the conference finals after the Cleveland Cavaliers did on Monday and the Houston Rockets finished up just before a Game 5 113-104 win over the New Orleans Pelicans to close up the series. Knowing that a collision course with the Rockets awaits […]

Four games since coming back from a grade 2 left MCL strain that made the Golden State Warriors starting point guard miss the last 10 games of the regular season (and some even questioning if he was ever coming back at all and if their title defense is all but gone), Stephen Curry is still […]

With the two best teams in the Western Conference – and perhaps the entire league – dispatching their respective opponents in five games Tuesday night, the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors will finally duke it out. The defending NBA champions and the upstart Southeast Texas club have been on a collision course as early […]

Draymond Green might not pad the stat sheet as much as his fellow stars, but for his head coach Steve Kerr, the Golden State Warriors’ do-it-all forward is a future Hall-of-Famer. After eliminating the New Orleans Pelicans in five games, Kerr talked about Green’s impact on the game, per NBA TV: “Pretty much the same […]

After sending the New Orleans Pelicans home in five games, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green commended Rajon Rondo as one of the smartest players in the league. As posted by Dime on UPROXX, Green tipped his hat off to Rondo: “I got much respect for Rondo, man. That guy’s been great for a lot […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has hinted that 23-year-old Jordan Bell might be included in the team’s playoff rotation. Per Logan Murdock of The Mercury News: Steve Kerr says it wouldn’t be shocked to see Jordan Bell back in the rotation at some point in the playoffs. — Logan Murdock (@loganmmurdock) May 9, […]

Charles Barkley was happy for the Houston Rockets after finally eliminating the Utah Jazz and moved on to the Western Conference Finals. Right after the game, Barkley and his co-hosts discussed the Rockets’ next opponent — the Golden State Warriors. Barkley said: “We knew that this was going to be the match up back in […]

Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors is known for his competitive spirit and sneaky tactics. In Game 5 against the New Orleans Pelicans, Green unleashed both in a single instance by crashing into the opposing team’s huddle. A clip posted by Dime on UPROXX shows Green directly looking at the Pelicans’ playbook. The Pelicans’ […]

Oracle Arena is a packed house tonight for Game 5 to see whether the defending champion Golden State Warriors can close out their Western Conference Semifinals matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans. One of those people in attendance is none other than former Oklahoma Sooners star point guard and a projected top-10 selection in the 2018 […]

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry seems to have bounced back well from a Grade 2 sprain suffered six weeks ago, showing no signs of being slowed by lingering pain or discomfort. Yet, the former two-time MVP noted his re-incorporation is a process in itself, one that gets better with each game played. “The […]

The internet is a foul place sometimes, as the Golden State Warriors recently learned when a Twitter user hurled a death threat at Draymond Green recently. But Stephen Curry and the rest of the Warriors have Green’s back, per Mark Medina of the Mercury News. “People behind screens…saying what they wanna say,” Curry said, “it’s […]

The Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets are on the verge of closing out their respective series tonight, which would result in the expected collision course to the Western Conference Finals. But Klay Thompson warned his team won’t look that far ahead, instead keeping the eye on the task at hand. “It’s the hardest […]

Klay Thompson will be the first of a wave of All-Star free agents to hit the market in 2019, but even as the Golden State Warriors ride another playoff wave into becoming one of the last four teams standing, the hunger for more hasn’t ceased for the sharpshooter. Thompson is one of the building blocks […]

The life of an NBA player can be put in a nutshell at least according to what we see on television. Come to a game, play ball for four quarters, do post-game interviews, then go home. For us fans, watching the games can be highly entertaining and the ultimate enjoyment of competition where both sides […]

The Golden State Warriors rolled out “The Hamptons’ Five” starting lineup against the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night, amassing a plus-26 differential within their 18 minutes together on the floor. A lineup seldom used by head coach Steve Kerr this season, logging only 127 minutes together in 2017-18 due to the plague of injuries […]

The Golden State Warriors dealt with a lot of injuries during this season, but now as they go through the stretch run of the playoffs there is only have one guy left on the injury report: Patrick McCaw, who is still recovering from a lumbar spine contusion. As the regular season wound down, McCaw went […]

Amid a postseason slump shooting the deep ball for Kevin Durant, Draymond Green found the right trigger to press prior to his team taking the court at the Smoothie King Center for Game 4 of the series. Having sustained a decisive Game 3 loss earlier in the week, Green took it upon himself to challenge […]

Despite a brilliant effort in Game 4 by the Golden State Warriors, head coach Steve Kerr refuses to call his heralded five-man lineup as “The Hampton’s Five,” as they have become known since 2016. “I still am amused that we just matter-of-factly call them the Hamptons Five,” Kerr said of Kevin Durant and the four […]

Mary Babers-Green, best known as the mother of Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, was irate after seeing the comments from Louisiana-based comedian Andrew Polk, who said he’d like to see the reigning Defensive Player of the Year shot on his way out of the arena. https://twitter.com/GodsOfBB/status/993251797094383617 Green responded admirably after the comments were brought […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was pleased with how his team played in a 118-92 destruction of the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night. He was especially glad to see his starting point guard Stephen Curry finally make strides after coming back from a Grade 2 MCL sprain in Game 2 after missing […]

Following the rousing success of yet another tactical adjustment by Golden State Warriors boss Steve Kerr, the man at the helm vowed to present the same “death lineup” once more for Tuesday’s Game 5 against the New Orleans Pelicans, this time in front of the home fans. “There’s a good chance I’ll start these same […]