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Spears: Media needs to challenge Popovich more
Every time Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich talks to the media, people can expect pretty much the same thing. Short, surely answers, and the often entertaining battle of reporters trying to get Pop to fully answer questions.
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Three Warriors selected to All-NBA teams
Three members of the Golden State Warriors were named to the 2016-17 All-NBA teams the league announced Thursday morning.
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Spurs fan sues Warriors, Zaza Pachulia over Kawhi Leonard injury
San Antonio fan Juan Vazquez filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Pachulia and the Warriors organization on behalf of Spurs season ticket holders and San Antonio card shop What’s On Second, as first reported by the San Antonio Express-News.
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Zaza’s MRI comes back clean, is day-to-day with heel contusion [report]
Warriors center Zaza Pachulia left Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday with a heel contusion, and the MRI results reportedly came back negative on Wednesday. Golden State won’t play San Antonio again until Saturday, and Pachulia is day-to-day with the injury.
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Quietly, Steph Curry is having his best playoffs ever
Ironically, in a regular season that was seen by many as a disappointment, the two-time MVP has been on a tear through 10 games this postseason, and is playing the best basketball we’ve seen from him in over a year.
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As long as Kerr is still pulling strings, Warriors don’t need him on the bench
Is this one of those rare times in sports you don’t mess with the positive energy? You ride the hot-hand to keep everything feeling the same? You let Kerr keep coming up with strategies from afar? If he’s still feeling closer to lousy than healthy, it really does make sense.
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Brian Geltzeiler: Warriors have emasculated LaMarcus Aldridge
With the absence of their superstar in Kawhi Leonard, the Spurs needed All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge to step up if they wanted to give themselves a viable opportunity to steal a win on the road in games one and two. Aldridge was not up to the task, registering a combined plus minus differential of -34…
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Gregg Popovich and Ray Ratto have funny exchange following Game 2
Early in the news conference, Popovich said at the start of the game he didn’t think his team believed they could beat the Warriors after losing Kawhi Leonard. Long-time Bay Area columnist Ray Ratto asked Coach Pop about when he realized this. Popovich didn’t appreciate the question, and snapped back at Ratto. You can check…
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Will lack of postseason adversity help or hurt the Warriors in NBA Finals?
Now that Kevin Durant accompanies a nearly flawless roster, those days of grinding through the postseason are officially over. And whether this breezy path to the NBA Finals will help or hurt the Warriors against the Cleveland Cavaliers (or the two-percent chance the Boston Celtics have) is anyone’s best guess.
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Kevin Durant defends LaMarcus Aldridge after stepping under his jumper
“Bigs are not used to being out on the perimeter and guarding guys on the perimeter,” Durant said. “So that whole thing is to kind of give you space so when you pull up, they just contest. That’s just part of the game.”
