Golden State Warriors News

Warriors beat writer Anthony Slater joined Tolbert and Lund on Tuesday afternoon and broke down why he believes the Spurs will be a tougher matchup for the Rockets.

In the newest edition of Rod’s Riffs: Rod Riffs on Steph Curry’s logo shots, an umpire who gets hit below the belt and a street fight between two wanna be boxers.

On Monday night the Golden State Warriors sealed the deal as they swept the Utah Jazz in the second round of the playoffs, concluding with a 121-95 blowout win in Utah. The Warriors now wait for the conclusion of the Spurs and Rockets, and have a week to rest ahead of the Western Conference Finals.

Eight more wins await. The basketball he’s playing is undeniably brilliant, all-time, all-around greatness in peak moments. Now, the test is for Draymond Green to finish the job, both physically and emotionally.

Green knew the Celtics would respond when he jabbed them. Boston has been engaged in a war of words with the Wizards for the larger part of two seasons. Thomas and Olynyk are feisty players that help make the Celtics tick. The 5-foot-8 point guard even barked obscenities at a Wizards fan on Sunday.

Both teams are healthy. Both teams are raging with confidence. And both teams are so above the competition, they could both be undefeated heading into June. Oh, baby. This is setting up to be a trilogy for the ages — more anticipation than any Star Wars or Indiana Jones fanboy could dream about.

Cavaliers vaporize the Pacers and Raptors? The Warriors say “hold my beer.” They dismantle the Trail Blazers and Jazz. They only trailed for a few minutes in the entire series vs. Utah. The conference finals will be slightly more enticing but I don’t see anything that alters the path of two locomotives.

Steph Curry’s 30 points on 15 shots, Kevin Durant’s timely buckets and Draymond Green’s triple-double ultimately dug Utah’s grave in the team’s best season since the John Stockton-Karl Malone era.

Warriors assistant coach Ron Adams joined the Murph and Mac Show on Monday morning and expressed concern regarding Draymond’s continued issues with the refs

After a couple of Warriors players commented on the lack of nightlife in Utah before the Western Conference Semi Finals, Draymond Green and Kevin Durant went out and enjoyed some Topgolf in Salt Lake City between Games 3 and 4.