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Ever wondered what NBA players do after a hard fought game? We can assume that most of them go right to sleep. But Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors revealed he stays up until the early morning to watch more basketball. As reported by Drew Shiller of Warriors Outsiders, Green revealed that he stay […]

Will Trevor Ariza pull a Kevin Durant? Speaking with Tim Kawakami of The Athletic during an episode of The TK Show, Chris Haynes of ESPN (h/t Scott Polacek of Bleacher Report) said that current Houston Rockets swingman Trevor Ariza could be looking to take a pay cut in order to join the Golden State Warriors […]

LeBron James finally reached the mountaintop in his NBA career by earning his first NBA title in the 2012 NBA Finals after helping lead the Miami Heat over the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games. It was a series that also marked the first Kevin Durant reached that stage of the playoffs in his career. During his […]

The Golden State Warriors have now moved just a game away from earning their second NBA title and third in the last four years all over the Cleveland Cavaliers after grabbing a commanding 3-0 series lead in Game 3. It has pushed the Cavaliers in a tough position of having to win out for the rest […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers fell in Game 3 of the 2018 NBA Finals and now trail the series 3-0. As every NBA fan knows, no team in the history of the league has come back from a 3-0 hole in the playoffs. That means this series is all but over, and the Golden State Warriors have […]

The Golden State Warriors survived a tough shooting night from Stephen Curry last night to win Game 3 of the NBA Finals over the Cleveland Cavaliers. If that wasn’t a tough feat to overcome, then what’s to come may be even tougher, at least according to Curry, Curry believes Game 4 will be the toughest […]

The Golden State Warriors only need one more game to clinch their third NBA title in four years, and Draymond Green sees it just  like that. Draymond Green already has five technicals during the playoffs, and he can only get six before a suspension comes his way for this seventh technical foul. Draymond Green: “The […]

Kevin Durant went off last night in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. KD led the Warriors to a crucial victory over the Cavaliers to take a commanding 3-0 lead, putting the Cavs in a hole that no team has ever crawled out of in NBA history. Durant was the main reason for it last […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers fell to the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the 2018 NBA Finals, and Kevin Durant was the reason for the Dubs’ victory. The All-Star forward willed his Warriors to a win on a night when Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson combined for 21 points on 7-of-27 shooting. Durant himself finished […]

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James has never been afraid to give praise to players who deserve them, and on Thursday he was giving them to Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant. When James was asked about Durant coming into the league, James said everyone knew how good the Texas Longhorns star was going to be. […]

LeBron James has had perhaps the most impactful performance of his playoff career throughout this 2018 postseason. He’s doing so again in The Finals against the Warriors, nearly triple-doubling in every game while trying to give his Cleveland Cavaliers a fighting chance in this series, who are now faced with a 3-0 deficit and at […]

Fresh off a stealing a game on the road and building what’s proven to be an insurmountable 3-0 lead in a playoff series, the Golden State Warriors have perhaps their toughest game ahead of them — a closeout affair in Game 4 on Friday. And yet, forward Draymond Green has found signs of encouragement through […]

An anonymous Cleveland Cavaliers player believes their fate in the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors would be much different if Kyrie Irving there with them. According to Jason Lloyd of The Athletic, the player thinks the series score would be the same, except in their favor. “We’d be up 3-0 if Kyrie was […]

Klay Thompson was thankful for an explosive Kevin Durant performance in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, carrying a heavy scoring load with the Golden State Warriors’ backcourt unable to flip on the switch with underwhelming performances. “That was amazing,” said Klay Thompson, contemplating Durant’s efficient 43-point barrage on Wednesday night. “He gave me and […]

The NBA refs twitter account has been a lot more active as of late, and during Game 3 they live-tweeted taking fans questions. One of the questions involved an outburst by Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, that somehow wasn’t called a technical foul. https://twitter.com/LegionHoops/status/1004535653248393218 He was called for a foul on Tristan Thompson late […]

The Golden State Warriors are once again up 3-0 on the Cleveland Cavaliers, putting them at the verge of elimination for a second consecutive year at the biggest stage, the NBA Finals. And while this series has been rather smooth ride for this team, Kevin Durant suggests the Warriors will need to play perhaps their […]

This summer is setting up to be a big one for a lot of potential free agents. The big names everyone is focused on is LeBron James and Paul George, but a lot of people forget that Kevin Durant is also going to be an unrestricted free agent. He doesn’t get talked about a ton in […]

These 2018 NBA Finals were supposed to be the time when Stephen Curry could claim a much-eluded Finals MVP award after Andre Iguodala earned the honors in 2015 and Kevin Durant did last year after dropping 30-plus-point games in each of his five outings against their fierce rivals, the Cleveland Cavaliers. Following a 43-point eruption […]

The Golden State Warriors were in a good mood after mounting a comeback in Game 3 to come out ahead against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Klay Thompson took it as a perfect opportunity to scare an unsuspecting fan. A man was taking a picture of a couple of Warriors fans in the walkway to the locker […]

The hate for Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant was real after a rousing 43-point performance against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Perhaps it got too real. Durant had to be held back from hecklers at the team hotel, who went relentlessly after him, yelling all sorts of nonsense from […]

Leading the Cleveland Cavaliers by six with less than a minute to play, Kevin Durant calmly walked to the huddle without emotion. For any player, the 43-point, 13-rebound, and seven-assist performance would be a legacy defining moment. For the Golden State Warriors’ superstar, it was just another Wednesday in the office. Durant put the Quicken […]

C.J McCollum of the Portland Trail Blazers was active on Twitter during Game 3 of the NBA Finals, and a lot of the talk surrounded Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant. Warriors fans cheering for KD today 😂 they like them one on one moves when they going in. I dnt hear people saying he […]

Draymond Green has outfits planned for this entire NBA Finals, hoping to make a statement on and off the court with his fashion sense, but the Golden State Warriors forward is hoping he won’t have to make use of them all. Green made headlines last year when he wore a European look with some shorts […]

Kevin Durant did it all in Game 3 for the Golden State Warriors. He had a monster game scoring the rock, hit the shot that was the dagger with under a minute left to go in the game, and he also trash talked some sad Cleveland Cavaliers fan. With 6.3 seconds left in the game, and […]

Andre Iguodala was seen consoling Golden State Warriors teammate Stephen Curry after he had one of the worst outings of his playoff career, mustering only 11 points and shooting a measly 3-of-16 from the field. The Warriors guard was visibly upset with himself after failing to provide the usual spark throughout the game after going […]

Kevin Durant might just have stripped Stephen Curry of his much-expected Finals MVP award following a gigantic 43-point performance in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, putting him much closer in the race than most through through the first two games of the series. Durant’s supernova Game 3 has “clutch” written all over it The […]

Right after Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors nailed a 3-pointer from way downtown, his teammates Draymond Green and Stephen Curry immediately ran towards him and started yelling. After the game, they revealed that their yelling just wasn’t for show. It actually had a legitimate purpose. As reported by Ben Golliver of Sports Illustrated, […]

Golden State Warriors backup guard Nick Young marches to the beat of his own drum. What we’re trying to say is that he’s just the type of individual who’ll get a tattoo on his neck hours before one of the biggest games of his professional life. With some time to kill before Game 3 of […]

Kevin Durant didn’t hesitate when asked if he would be willing to return to the Golden State Warriors next season, following a playoff career-high 43 points in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. “Yeah, yeah,” Durant said, according to Sam Amick of USA TODAY Sports. “Everything, the money and stuff that’s got to, the contract got […]

Stephen Curry, despite struggling the entire game, continued rising up for the three, hoping that at least one basket would eventually give him the confidence. He did, in fact, made a single 3-pointer. It proved to be the dagger that gave the Golden State Warriors a good cushion in the final quarter. Kevin Durant, who […]

Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant’s mom, Wanda, was proud of his son’s performance in Game 3. And she flocked to Twitter to let everyone know about it. Via her personal Twitter account, Wanda posted: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 = 35 — Wanda Durant (@MamaDurant) June 7, 2018 Durant led the Warriors to a Game 3 victory in […]

Kevin Durant is almost done completing his second season with the Golden State Warriors, but it is only tonight in which he managed to net his first 40-point playoff game wearing Warriors threads, per Sam Amick of USA TODAY. This was Kevin Durant's first 40-plus point playoff outing during his time with the Warriors. He […]

With Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson having unusual off-nights for the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant stepped up big time and drained what turned out to be the biggest basket of Game 3 of the 2018 NBA Finals. Durant torched the Cleveland Cavaliers all night, manufacturing 43 points on 15-for-23 shooting from the field to help […]

Kevin Durant is doing it all in Game 3 of the 2018 NBA Finals. He has been smoking from the field all night long, as he has already hit the 30-point mark before the third quarter even kicked in. He is the single biggest reason why the Golden State Warriors now hold a commanding 3-0 […]

In Game 3 of the 2018 NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors hold the opportunity to push toward a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers. All-Star forward Kevin Durant has stepped up offensively by leading the charge offensively for the Warriors in the pivotal contest on Wednesday night. According to Justin Kubatko of […]

No matter how the 2018 NBA Finals ends, J.R. Smith’s blunder at the end of regulation in Game 1 will forever live in infamy. Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant surely did not want Nick Young to commit a bonehead mistake of his own, which was why the former league MVP gave Young a clear […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is known for incessant whining on the court. Los Angeles Lakers center Channing Frye, for his part, is known for trolling people on Twitter. Early on in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, Green was already complaining to the referees. Frye, probably sitting at home, didn’t let Green get away […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has always been a top candidate to get a technical foul. On Wednesday night, he got one early in Game 3 of the 2018 NBA Finals after getting involved in yet another verbal skirmish with Cleveland Cavaliers big man Tristan Thompson. Thompson also got a technical because of it, but […]

The Golden State Warriors have been without Andre Iguodala since Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals against the Houston Rockets, but after nearly two weeks of rest, the versatile forward has been cleared for a return against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Per Chris Haynes of ESPN: Golden State wing Andre Iguodala will make his return […]