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When cameras caught Kevin Durant shouting at a fan in the stands during Wednesday's game against the Rockets, it took the announcers a moment to realize what was...
May 17, 2018 at 10:45 AM
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Steph Curry won't be unanimous MVP like he was two years ago. Draymond Green won't repeat as Defensive Player of the Year, and Andre Iguodala won't be recognized as the...
May 17, 2018 at 8:45 AM
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HOUSTON — Overshadowed by the growing concerns surrounding Warriors guard Stephen Curry was a decidedly uncharacteristic performance Wednesday night from backcourt...
May 16, 2018 at 11:45 PM
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HOUSTON — After the Warriors pulled away in the second half Monday for a double-digit win in Game 1, many began to wonder: Are the Rockets not the contender a...
May 16, 2018 at 8:45 PM
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HOUSTON — As they mapped out the game plan for their Western Conference finals matchup with the Warriors, the Rockets stared down a tricky question: How do you...
May 16, 2018 at 1:45 PM
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The desperate Rockets know Game 2 is a must-win. For the Warriors, Game 2s are usually-wins. The last time the Warriors lost a Game 2 in the playoffs was in 2015, at...
May 16, 2018 at 12:45 PM
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Warriors vs. Rockets, Game 2 of Western Conference finals Time: 6 p.m. PT Where: Toyota Center, Houston Coaches: Steve Kerr, 4th season with Warriors (265-63 with...
May 16, 2018 at 9:45 AM
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HOUSTON — In his quest to unseat the Warriors as Western Conference heavyweights, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has tried to build a team capable of doing...
May 16, 2018 at 6:45 AM
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CHICAGO — Phoenix general manager Ryan McDonough was onstage moments after the NBA draft lottery ended, talking about the future of the Suns and mentioning how...
May 15, 2018 at 9:45 PM
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HOUSTON — In Episode 18 of the Warriors Off Court podcast , Golden State beat writer Connor Letourneau and Jonathan Feigen — the Rockets beat writer...
May 15, 2018 at 4:45 PM
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HOUSTON — In riding 65 wins to the Western Conference's No. 1 seed, the Rockets came to master the art of hunting mismatches along the three-point arc. In Game 1...
May 15, 2018 at 2:45 PM
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Kevin Durant might have stolen the headlines, but Klay Thompson, as usual, charmed the internet.
May 15, 2018 at 10:45 AM
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HOUSTON — This is what we have all be waiting for. It was exciting. It was entertaining. It was true playoff basketball. And, in the end, it was another Golden...
May 15, 2018 at 4:45 AM
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HOUSTON — The Rockets have been decent in the postseason when it comes to committing turnovers, and they weren't terrible in the Western Conference finals opener...
May 14, 2018 at 11:45 PM
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HOUSTON — Last week, when Warriors head coach Steve Kerr went out of his way to mention that Nick Young could be a factor against the Rockets, many took to social...
May 14, 2018 at 10:45 PM
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HOUSTON — Late in the third quarter Monday night, after draining a 16-foot pull-up jumper to give the Warriors a 13-point lead, Warriors forward Kevin Durant was...
May 14, 2018 at 8:45 PM
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HOUSTON — The Rockets are the No. 1 seed, but they harbor no delusions about whether they're the favorite against the Warriors in the Western Conference finals...
May 14, 2018 at 5:45 PM
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HOUSTON — In combatting the complacency that comes with trying to play deep into June for the fourth straight year, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has used...
May 14, 2018 at 2:45 PM
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The Warriors will participate in the 2018 California Classic Summer League, the team announced Monday morning. The inaugural summer showcase, scheduled to run July 2...
May 14, 2018 at 12:45 PM
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Warriors vs. Rockets, Game 1 of Western Conference finals Time: 6 p.m. PT Where: Toyota Center, Houston Coaches: Steve Kerr, 4th season with Warriors (265-63 with...
May 14, 2018 at 12:45 PM
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The Rockets spent all offseason adding parts that will compete with the entire Warriors roster, not just their four stars, and when the Western Conference finals begins...
May 14, 2018 at 8:45 AM
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HOUSTON — Last week, when the Warriors beat New Orleans in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals, perhaps no one was more pleased than player development...
May 13, 2018 at 9:46 PM
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HOUSTON — After cruising through a 58-win regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Warriors have finally arrived at the moment they've eyed for...
May 13, 2018 at 7:45 PM
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Like most NBA fans, Golden State rookie Jordan Bell has waited at least seven months for a Warriors-Rockets showdown in the Western Conference finals. Now, with Game 1...
May 12, 2018 at 7:45 PM
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The Warriors and Rockets played three times during the regular season, with Houston winning twice. Here's a quick look at those meetings: ROCKETS 122, WARRIORS 121 (Oct...
May 12, 2018 at 5:45 PM
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If you think "The Baby-Faced Assassin" is a good nickname for Steph Curry, wait until you hear what the Chinese call him and other NBA players.
May 12, 2018 at 4:45 AM
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Andre Iguodala will pass the ball to Warriors teammates Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson in the Western Conference finals, and he will try to help slow Houston's James...
May 11, 2018 at 6:45 PM
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Like most NBA head coaches, Steve Kerr has shortened his bench in the playoffs. It came as little surprise when reserve guard Nick Young, one of the Warriors' more...
May 11, 2018 at 3:46 PM
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In Episode 17 of the Warriors Off Court podcast , Golden State beat writer Connor Letourneau and sports columnist Ann Killion preview the Warriors' Western Conference...
May 11, 2018 at 12:45 PM
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As he prepares for what figures to be a key role in the Western Conference finals against Houston, Warriors forward Kevon Looney is trying not to think about his strange...
May 10, 2018 at 6:45 PM
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During the final seconds of the Warriors' series-clinching win Tuesday night over the Pelicans, a chant rained down from the Oracle Arena rafters: "WE WANT HOUS-TON! WE...
May 9, 2018 at 5:45 PM
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The Pelicans got an unexpected guest in their huddle during Tuesday's Western Conference semifinal game against the Warriors: Draymond Green.
May 9, 2018 at 8:45 AM
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At one point in the first half Tuesday night, New Orleans center Anthony Davis walked toward the scorer's table. Warriors coaches promptly summoned Kevon Looney, who...
May 8, 2018 at 10:45 PM
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The Stephen Curry-James Harden matchup will be just as critical this year as it was when the teams met in the 2015 Western Conference finals and The Chronicle featured...
May 8, 2018 at 10:45 PM
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As he sauntered to the Warriors' bench midway through the third quarter Tuesday night, Stephen Curry chewed his mouth-guard and raised his right hand to acknowledge the...
May 8, 2018 at 10:45 PM
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The quote came toward the beginning of Warriors head coach Steve Kerr's lengthy response Tuesday night to a question about Andre Iguodala's penchant for clutch...
May 8, 2018 at 8:45 PM
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Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry, in his pregame news conference Tuesday, was asked about the Warriors' so-called "Hamptons Five" lineup. Gentry chuckled and asked the...
May 8, 2018 at 7:45 PM
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In the regular season, when Stephen Curry missed 31 games with various injuries, Warriors fans took solace in a silver lining: All that time off should make him fresher...
May 8, 2018 at 3:45 PM
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The low-key Warriors star opened up about his childhood in Oregon, from his love of fireworks to the many windows he broke as a kid.
May 8, 2018 at 2:45 PM
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Things to watch in Tuesday's Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals: Will Stephen Curry be the Curry we're used to seeing? In Game 2, when he returned from a knee...
May 8, 2018 at 1:45 PM
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CLEVELAND — Once the sweeping was done, LeBron James headed toward the locker room. He stopped on the way to share a moment with his two sons, who held basketballs...
May 7, 2018 at 11:45 PM
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PHILADELPHIA — The chants for "TJ! TJ!" grew louder each time T.J. McConnell darted through the lane for an easy basket or buried a three to help build an...
May 7, 2018 at 10:45 PM
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Shortly after he became the Warriors' head coach in May 2014, Steve Kerr began telling Andre Iguodala that he reminded Kerr of his former teammate, Scottie Pippen. They...
May 7, 2018 at 6:45 PM
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On the eve of Tuesday night's Game 5, an event widely expected to send the Warriors dancing into the Western Conference finals and his team trudging home for the summer...
May 7, 2018 at 5:45 PM
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After a New Orleans-area comedian tweeted Sunday about someone possibly shooting Draymond Green, the Warriors are allocating extra security to protect Green. "Our...
May 7, 2018 at 2:45 PM
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It may have caught your ear on a playoffs broadcast recently: The Golden State Warriors are starting their "Hamptons Five" lineup. If you're wondering where the nickname...
May 7, 2018 at 11:45 AM
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NEW ORLEANS — Less than a week after he returned from a knee injury that sidelined him more than a month, Warriors guard Stephen Curry is rounding back into game...
May 6, 2018 at 6:45 PM
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NEW ORLEANS — After watching JaVale McGee struggle as the starting center against the Pelicans' small-ball attack in Friday's Game 3 loss, Warriors head coach...
May 6, 2018 at 3:45 PM
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The Warriors are tentatively scheduled to participate in the 2018 Sacramento Summer League, according to a report from Basketball Insiders deputy editor Ben Dowsett...
May 6, 2018 at 12:45 PM
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Warriors vs. Pelicans, Game 4 of Western Conference semifinals Time: 12:30 p.m. PT Where: New Orleans Coaches: Steve Kerr, 4th season with Warriors (265-63 with Warriors...
May 6, 2018 at 10:45 AM
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Quinn Cook was 14 years old when his father, Ted, died less than a month after falling into a coma during a colon procedure gone awry. Tears streaming down his face as...
May 5, 2018 at 5:45 PM
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NEW ORLEANS — Speaking to reporters after practice Saturday, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr voiced concern over Pelicans guard Rajon Rondo's "dirty" tactics. "I...
May 5, 2018 at 4:45 PM
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NEW ORLEANS — A day after news broke that Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon will be the first woman to interview for an NBA head coaching job, Warriors head coach...
May 5, 2018 at 3:45 PM
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NEW ORLEANS — After the Warriors' Game 3 loss Friday night to the Pelicans, Draymond Green made one thing certain: He isn't trying to bait Pelicans guard Rajon...
May 5, 2018 at 12:45 PM
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NEW ORLEANS — In 2015, shortly after Ian Clark earned the Warriors' final roster spot, head coach Steve Kerr stressed to him the importance of staying ready. It...
May 4, 2018 at 9:45 PM
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KGO sports broadcaster Mike Shumann resigned Friday, nearly two weeks after taking the jacket of the Warriors' director of team security while in San Antonio. "It is...
May 4, 2018 at 7:45 PM
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NEW ORLEANS — With 4:59 left in the Warriors' 119-100 loss Friday night to the Pelicans in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals, Stephen Curry plodded to...
May 4, 2018 at 7:45 PM
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NEW ORLEANS — At the end of the first half of the Warriors' Game 2 win Tuesday night over the Pelicans, Rajon Rondo confronted Draymond Green face-to-face. The two...
May 4, 2018 at 5:45 PM
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In recent years, as the Warriors smashed records and made annual trips to the NBA Finals, teams throughout the league became interested in following Golden State's...
May 3, 2018 at 10:45 PM
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NEW ORLEANS — A day after Charles Barkley apologized for saying he wanted to punch Warriors forward Draymond Green in the face, two of Green's high-profile...
May 3, 2018 at 8:45 PM
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NEW ORLEANS — Warriors guard Patrick McCaw will miss at least four more weeks with a lumbar spine contusion, the team announced Thursday afternoon. McCaw, who...
May 3, 2018 at 5:45 PM
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One day after repeatedly saying he wanted to punch Warriors forward Draymond Green in the face, TNT analyst Charles Barkley apologized on Wednesday. Barkley first did so...
May 2, 2018 at 6:45 PM
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Draymond Green freely offers constructive criticism of opponents' play during games, but sometimes his helpful advice rubs people the wrong way.
May 2, 2018 at 2:45 PM
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"I don't really see Golden State as a dynasty. Dynasties are teams that does things special, does things different. Even in the year that they won 73 games, they lost...
May 2, 2018 at 10:45 AM
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Warriors forward Draymond Green was his animated, vocal self in his team's Game 2 win over New Orleans on Tuesday night. He railed at the refs and chirped in the face of...
May 2, 2018 at 12:45 AM
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Several times in the Warriors' 121-116 win Tuesday night over the Pelicans in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals, Stephen Curry stepped to the foul line as a...
May 1, 2018 at 10:45 PM
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NBA All-Star Russell Westbrook made it clear the other day that he's sick and tired of fans mouthing off at games. Warriors All-Star Draymond Green has his back. The...
May 1, 2018 at 2:45 PM
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It's official. Stephen Curry will return to the court for the Golden State Warriors Tuesday night for Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals against the New Orleans...
May 1, 2018 at 1:45 PM
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Warriors vs. Pelicans, Game 2 of Western Conference semifinals Time: 7:30 p.m. Where: Oracle Arena, Oakland Coaches: Steve Kerr, 4th season with Warriors (265-63 with...
May 1, 2018 at 1:45 PM
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Warriors guard Stephen Curry has officially been cleared to return for Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals Tuesday night against the Pelicans. Golden State held...
May 1, 2018 at 12:45 PM
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Warriors associate head coach Mike Brown was the final candidate to interview for the New York Knicks' open head-coaching job, according to an ESPN report. After...
May 1, 2018 at 9:45 AM
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While reviewing video Sunday of the Warriors' Game 1 rout of the Pelicans in the Western Conference semifinals, Steve Kerr paused it late in the second quarter. There on...
April 30, 2018 at 6:45 PM
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Stephen Curry's anticipated return Tuesday night will not change much about the way backup point guard Shaun Livingston goes about his business. Livingston still will...
April 30, 2018 at 5:45 PM
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Warriors guard Stephen Curry is on track to return for Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals Tuesday night against the Pelicans. "I'd be surprised if he didn't...
April 30, 2018 at 2:45 PM
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They're both NBA head coaches who ratchet up the tempo, devise offensive schemes around movement and spacing, love to laugh and recognize that there are matters bigger...
April 29, 2018 at 6:45 PM
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After a historic turn at Coachella, Beyonce surprised Warriors fans with a court-side appearance for Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals at Oracle...
April 29, 2018 at 6:45 AM
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Before tipoff of Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals Saturday night, social media was abuzz with a singular question: Why are the Warriors starting Nick Young...
April 29, 2018 at 12:45 AM
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The Warriors were well on their way to a 123-101 rout of the Pelicans Saturday night when, after draining a three-pointer in front of his bench, Klay Thompson turned...
April 28, 2018 at 10:45 PM
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Warriors guard Stephen Curry is expected to return for Game 2 of the second round Tuesday night after being ruled out for Game 1 on Saturday. Golden State head coach...
April 28, 2018 at 6:45 PM
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In his four seasons working closely with Stephen Curry, Warriors player-development coach Bruce Fraser has become an expert at reading the two-time NBA MVP's movements...
April 28, 2018 at 1:45 PM
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