Why Steph’s Warriors’ Burden, at 36, Is Heavier Than Ever originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors don’t want to be in this line with the regular folks of the NBA, who stand behind the velvet rope watching the league’s spark plug teams get waved through the VIP entrance. It’s… Read More »
Warriors, Kings ready to reignite rivalry ahead of play-in game originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area For the second consecutive season, the Warriors and Kings will face off in the NBA postseason in what is expected to be another epic showdown in Northern California. This year, however, will look a little different as the… Read More »
Is rest the right decision for the Warriors regular-season finale? originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – With each passing victory in the final week of the 2023-2024 NBA regular season, the door of opportunity went from cracking with light peeking through to swinging wide open for the Warriors. All to close… Read More »
Kerr’s lineup decision when Kuminga returns really isn’t that difficult originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors training staff granted Steve Kerr a reprieve Thursday afternoon in Houston. By informing the coach that it was best to give Jonathan Kuminga at least one more night off, he was able to postpone a decision… Read More »
Day 1 of the NCAA men’s tournament is in the books and the brackets are already overwhelmingly broken. Thursday was an exciting, upset start to the tournament with a pair of No. 11 seeds and Jack Gohlke making sure 99.9% of perfect brackets were toast before the late games even tipped. If you’re part of… Read More »
Warriors’ venerable championship core knows what time it originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area After winning a game they absolutely needed, the Warriors can continue chasing that coveted No. 6 seed in the Western Conference while also rationally believing they have enough to get there. But any real chance of making that move in… Read More »
The NBA would like seven games of this, but will have to settle for one… and change, if there is a repeat of whatever clock crime occurred Saturday night in Los Angeles. Another footnote was added to the LeBron James-Stephen Curry book, with the Warriors coming away with a 128-121 victory, and it’s likely those… Read More »
Each week during the 2023-2024 NBA season, we’ll dive deeper into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an effort to determine whether the trends going forward will be more based on fact or fiction. [Last week: Is the NBA All-Star Game fixable?] This week’s topic: In the NBA scoring era, 40,000 points are not… Read More »
Quinones explains he tried to score at the end of Warriors’ win over Hornets originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – Steve Kerr saw absolutely nothing wrong with Lester Quinones trying to score in the final seconds of the Warriors’ relatively easy 97-84 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night at… Read More »
LeBron James and Stephen Curry, the greatest NBA players of a generation, are locked in another playoff battle. There are no more rings on the line. It’s for home court in a win-or-go-home play-in tournament opener. Their Los Angeles Lakers (29-26) and Golden State Warriors (26-25) are ranked ninth and tenth in the Western Conference.… Read More »