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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 […]

The Golden State Warriors are in the midst of completing one of the greatest playoff runs in the league history sitting just a game away from becoming NBA champions with just one loss along the way. This has brought up the conversation of where they stand among the best teams that the NBA has seen. During […]

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 […]

The Golden State Warriors‘ famous “death lineup” which memorably changed the team’s fortune during the 2015 NBA Finals, was torched last year with the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ prowess at the offensive glass during the last four games of the series — but so far in these 2017 NBA Finals, it has been nothing short of unstoppable. […]

Despite the last three years of NBA Finals action being dominated by two powerhouses in the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors, the possibility for a new challenger isn’t completely out of the question. A few teams in both conferences are a player away from making a run at the throne, something forward Andre […]

Even after being eliminated in the Western Conference Finals last season, many still expected Kevin Durant to be among the millions of fans, and fellow players as well, to still watch the NBA Finals and see for themselves who will take home the championship. However, the now-Golden State Warriors forward revealed, via ASAP Sports, that […]

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 […]

Game 4 of the NBA Finals turned out to be a forgettable one for the Golden State Warriors as they saw their 15-game postseason winning streak halted and the Cleveland Cavaliers avoided getting swept. The home team had a game for the ages as they led from start to finish and even set a number […]

Since their epic collapse in last year’s Finals, the Golden State Warriors have been the subject of a lot of trolling and ridicule on social media. Now leading 3-1 in the series once again, fans can’t help but remind them of what happened a year ago. Draymond Green even spoke recently, via Marc J. Spears of […]

Following the announcement of Kevin Durant last year that he has decided to bring his talents to Oakland and play for the Golden State Warriors, many thought of them as the newest “super team” and quickly became the odds-on favorites to win the title this season. However, many were not too happy about it as […]

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 […]

The Golden  State Warriors‘ addition of Kevin Durant is obviously a major reason for their success this year, but Stephen Curry continues to be the team’s leader and he has stepped up big time in the ongoing NBA Finals. A recent statistic proves this point even more as it shows how high the Warriors’ offensive rating is […]

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 […]

Since Kevin Durant made the decision to join the Golden State Warriors last summer, Steven A. Smith has been one of his biggest critics. During an appearance on ESPN’s First Take last week Durant’s mother, Wanda Durant, fired away at Smith’s strong comments toward her son pointing out that he made a similar decision by […]

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 […]

Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant were every bit of the one-two punch that they weren’t during Game 4 of the NBA Finals, stuffing a reporter’s question when inquiring about Curry’s squatting after a technical foul was erroneously assessed at the scorers table. Here is the exchange: Reporter: “Steph, I’m sorry we keep asking you about […]

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 Golden State Warriors fell short of sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday night in an offensive firework display from both teams that featured many high-tension moments. Following the game, that continued for Warriors forward Draymond Green, who had to deal with Quicken Loans Arena security trying to […]

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 […]

The Golden State Warriors have cruised through the playoffs sitting just one win shy of earning the NBA title over the Cleveland Cavaliers on an unblemished 16-0 record. The Warriors have proven to be an unrivaled offensive juggernaut that no team has figured out a way of stopping them. In a recent piece by Dave McMenamin […]

When Kevin Durant made the huge decision last summer to join the Golden State Warriors, it immediately put them as the heavy favorites to win the 2017 NBA Finals. Despite those lofty expectations being thrown upon the Warriors with Durant in the mix, surprisingly, the topic of making the NBA Finals was not one of the […]

The Golden State Warriors‘ sheer dominance throughout the playoffs has put them in the position to sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals on Friday night. In light of that, Warriors big man Zaza Pachulia voiced some disappointment that it could mark the end of the 2016-17 season. “I’m enjoying this moment. I’m excited about […]

Only hours away from Game 4 of the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers, sixth man Andre Iguodala offered a tease to a potential weakness that his Golden State Warriors still have. “We do have a weakness,” Iguodala told reporters this morning. “Steve Kerr, he knows what it is and I feel like I know […]

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 […]

Steve Kerr spoke about the frequent callouts by former NBA players claiming their championship teams could beat this year’s Golden State Warriors‘ lineup, applying his signature sarcasm as a way to get his message across. “They’re all right. They would all kill us,” Kerr told reporters sarcastically, according to Jimmy Durkin of the San Jose Mercury […]

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 […]