The Golden State Warriors notched a huge victory on Thursday night, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 100-92 to move into a three-way tie with the Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference standings. Because of the tiebreakers, the Warriors moved past the Lakers and into the ninth seed, but still need to gain a game on Sacramento to climb into the eighth seed. The Warriors, who were playing without Draymond Green and Klay Thompson, didn’t exactly earn style points for...
No one enjoyed the postseason downfall of the Warriors on Tuesday night more than Phoenix Suns big man Jusuf Nurkic. Nurkic was flagrantly hit in the head by Draymond Green on on Dec. 12, 2023, at Footprint Center in Phoenix — leading to an ejection and eventual indefinite suspension for Green that required him getting counseling before he could return to the court — and then continued to feud off the court online throughout the season after Green returned from suspension in the middle of...
The Golden State Warriors' 2023-24 season ended sooner than many in the organization are used to.The Warriors, whose season officially came to a close on Tuesday during their 118-94 Play-In Tournament loss to the Sacramento Kings, aren't exactly accustomed to being off in April.The Warriors haven't been the same dynasty of the National Basketball Association since the mid-2010s, as they've won four NBA Finals while appearing in six of them in the last decade. The Warriors have also made the...
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The Golden State Warriors lost to the New Orleans Pelicans 114-109 on Friday night. It was a very tough loss considering the implications it had on the standings — with a win, the Dubs would have controlled their fate, and been in position to earn the No. 8 seed in the Play-In Tournament with a win over the Utah Jazz on Sunday. Instead, they couldn’t overcome their turnover issues — or the Pelicans’ unbelievable three-point shooting — and their fourth-quarter comeback fell just short. I don’t...
Just two years removed from their last NBA championship title, the Golden State Warriors have missed the playoffs. This is now the third time in the last five years that the Warriors have not made the postseason, with the team failing to qualify after losing to the Sacramento Kings in the first round of the play-in tournament.Frankly, it wasn't even close. While the Warriors had a shot thanks to qualifying for the play-in tournament, they were routed 118-94 by the Kings. Klay Thompson failed to...
Even those closest to the Golden State Warriors are confused by how the play-in works — and explaining it almost made Draymond Green late to practice. On his eponymous podcast, Green started his Monday episode with a preview of Tuesday’s Warriors-Kings matchup by explaining the play-in situation. He included a conversation he had with his mother-in-law Monday to illustrate how complicated the whole thing is: “I had a conversation with her that almost made me late for practice today,” Green said,...
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Jusuf Nurkić got the last laugh in his rivalry with Draymond Green this season. The Phoenix Suns center trolled Green after the Golden State Warriors' Play-in
Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green isn't happy with the fact that his team needs to fight its way through the play-in tournament to reach the playoffs,
The Los Angeles Lakers are favored to emerge out of the play-in on Tuesday.
Fighting Illini Women’s Basketball Head Coach Shauna Green joins the Steve Cochran Show to discuss the Fighting Illini women securing the inaugural WBIT title, the importance of building genuine trust and relationships with her players, and how the ‘Caitlin Clark Effect’ is positively impacting women’s basketball.