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TORONTO – It was a rough night across the border for the Golden State Warriors on Thursday. Not only did the reigning champs lose the series opener to the Toronto Raptors, but their 2015 Finals MVP Andre Iguodala came up limp after a play in the final minutes of the game, holding his left hamstring and grimacing.

The Golden State Warriors are back in the NBA Finals, but for the first time in their recent run of success they don’t have to worry about the likes of LeBron James on the opposite side of the court.

Coming into this series, the thought was, if the Warriors could shut down Kawhi Leonard, they would have a great chance to beat the Raptors.

Steve Kerr has won five NBA championships as a player and three as a coach. There is not much that gets to him at this point in his career.

With the third round of OTAs underway, Robert Saleh’s 4-3, Cover-3 defense is back and primed for analysis.

Madison Bumgarner is likely not a happy man. On Wednesday, he was cruising through six innings against the Miami Marlins, and looked poised to dot the I’s and cross the T’s on a vintage, seven-plus inning performance.

For as competitive as this year’s NBA Finals projects to be on the court, there was a massive amount of complimenting between Warriors and Toronto Raptors players on the NBA Finals Media Day on Wednesday.

The Warriors will play in their fifth-straight NBA Finals starting tomorrow night at 6 p.m. PT.

Is it too early in the season to say the Giants have hit rock bottom?

The Giants are notoriously bad at scoring in the first inning. On Tuesday, Joe Panik decided to try put a dent in the team’s massive first-inning run deficit.