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Golden State Warriors podcast with David Zizmor: There’s Thunder in the house as Dubs get set for battle with OKC

Published on March 3, 2016 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

by David Zizmor

photo credit: smartegrades.co–Golden State’s Stephen Curry gets his ankle worked over by a trainer as he sat out Tuesday night vs. Atlanta

OAKLAND–Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry who rolled his ankle in a game and sat out last Tuesday and he should be back in the line up tonight against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Oracle Arena. It was a rough looking ankle injury and Curry came back after the Thunder’s Russell Westbrook landed on his leg and rolled his ankle and Curry ended up coming back and played great down the stretch in Oklahoma City last Saturday.

The ankle was still sore on Monday and it was still sore on Tuesday and the Warriors wanted to take every precaution because he’s Steph Curry. He’s a difference maker he’s an MVP the Warriors don’t want to risk any long term injury obviously if it were a really bad injury he would have never came back into the game last Saturday and it shouldn’t be considered a serious injury. What the Warriors were doing last Tuesday they were banking on taking the Hawks on that first game back off the road trip at Oracle and they were resting Curry so they’d be ready to go with Curry when OKC comes calling tonight.

This was a matter of the Warriors playing it safe and Curry is out of the line up, the starters they played pretty well early on and they started struggling because the Hawks started playing pretty strong defense. The Hawks are a good team they’re not as good as they were last year but their still a good solid basketball team.

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Warriors protect homecourt without Curry, Iguodala

Published on March 1, 2016March 2, 2016 by jhawkes51Leave a comment

By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

photo credit: news.yahoo.com Golden State Warriors Steph Curry sat out with an ankle injury for Tuesday night’s game in Oakland

OAKLAND, Calif — Without the reigning MVP in Stephen Curry (ankle) and valuable reserve Andre Iguodala (hamstring), the Golden State Warriors pulled out all of the stops in a 109-105 victory over the visiting Atlanta Hawks Tuesday night in Golden State’s first home game since Feb. 9 after completing a 6-1 road trip.

Draymond Green hit an off-balanced 3-pointer with the shot clock expiring with 40.2 seconds left in overtime to push Golden State’s lead to 107-103. Playing primarily as a point-forward, Green finished two assists shy of another triple-double scoring 15 points, 13 rebounds, eight assists, and four steals.

Klay Thompson scored 26 points, but struggled for most of the night shooting just 8-of-27 from the floor including 6-of-16 from 3-point range. Thompson did knock down the go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:54 left in the fourth quarter, and another key basket with 11.4 seconds remaining.

With the win, Golden State (54-5) picked up its 43rd straight win at Oracle, and improve to 25-0 at home. The Warriors’ last loss at Oracle Arena was to the Chicago Bulls 113-111 on Jan. 27, 2015.

After getting boat-raced 137-105 in Portland in the first game after the NBA All-Star break, Golden State have won six straight games overall, and have a chance at tying history Thursday night.

With a win over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State would tie the Bulls’ 44-game unbeaten mark at home from March 30, 1995, to April 4, 1996. They are also chasing the `95-96 Chicago team’s record 72-win season.

Paul Milsap finished with 19 points and seven rebounds, Al Horford had 17 points and nine rebounds, and former Warriors’ guard Kent Bazemore recorded 15 points and nine rebounds for Atlanta (33-28), who had won two in a row before entering Oracle Arena Tuesday night.

Tonight’s game marked the beginning of a stretch for Golden State in which it will play 17 of their next 24 games at home.

Curry’s 12th three wins game in less than a second

Published on February 27, 2016February 28, 2016 by smallforceLeave a comment

Photo credit: Sue Ogrocki AP Photo

~ By Pearl Allison Lo

~ As Oklahoma City Thunder’s Enes Kanter’s hands went down with 0.6 seconds left, it was a sign of the unbelievableness that is Golden State’s Stephen Curry, in a 121-118 win Saturday.

The left ankle that took Curry out in the third for five minutes was gone in the rearview mirror, as Curry broke his own NBA single season record for three’s, was the first with ten three’s back-to-back (tweet by Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle) and tied the NBA record for most three’s in a game. His double double stat included 46 points.

Another footnote was the Warriors’ guaranteed playoff spot during the fourth quarter after the San Antonio Spurs beat the Houston Rockets.

The Thunder’s Kevin Durant fouled out for the first time in three years with 4:13 left in overtime. He ended with a season-high seven three’s and a second straight double double, this one 37 points and 12 rebounds. Oklahoma City was +15 with Durant on the floor.

The Warriors trailed for most of the game, but perhaps the short times when they came close were a sign.

Oklahoma City got off to an 8-0 run to start, their biggest lead of the game reaching 14 points with 2:58 left in the first.

Golden State’s Andre Iguodala was their best player in the first. From the bench, he led with eight points, a perfect 4-of-4. Iguodala would also be the one to lead the game to overtime.

Three 3’s from Curry with teammate Marreese Speights in between, made it 41-42 with 4:25 left in the half. That only lasted 19 seconds.

Curry left the game at 10:29 in the third after an assist to Harrison Barnes. The pass was followed by a consecutive fall with the Thunder’s Russell Westbrook. Westbrook landed on Curry’s left ankle. Curry came back with 5:10 left and his first play was a steal off Westbrook.

The Warriors got to within one again with 3:35 left and tied the game with 2:27 left.

Curry’s seventh 3 pointer with 1:22 left to make it 78-77, gave Golden State their first lead.

Durant doubled his first half three point total with three in the third to lead his team that quarter. His fifth and sixth three at the end of the third gave him 30 points.

Curry and teammate Klay Thompson scored in the double digits, as Golden State scored 32 points.

The Warriors stalled a bit in the fourth, not scoring until 8:56 left.

Another three by Curry made it 92-96 with 2:53 left. Teammate Draymond Green made it 93-96 with a free throw.

With 1:37 left, a Curry three pulled Golden State to within two points.

Thompson then joined the three party with his first, as the Splash Brothers continued the clutch shots, this one with 35 seconds left. Durant hit a three with 14 seconds left, Thompson hit a two, then defensively, stole the ball from Durant as Green saved the ball. Iguodala was then fouled and hit two clutch free throws with 0.7 seconds left. Green defended Durant as he missed Oklahoma City’s last attempt in regulation. Green and Iguodala finished a +10 for the game.

In overtime, a steal by Green precipitated Curry’s 10th three. Curry’s 11th tied the game at 110 with 2:29 left. Thompson hit another three with 1:29 left. He finished with 32 points.

Game notes: The Thunder outrebounded Golden State by 30 and had 20 more paint points. Other double doubles in the game were earned by Oklahoma City’s Serge Ibaka, a season-high 20 rebounds and 15 points and Westbrook, 26 points and 13 assists. Green’s, 14 rebounds and 14 assists, had a little more to it. He tied a season-low in points with two and had a season-high six steals. Both teams were 3-0 in overtime before it started. The Warriors will be back at it, kicking off March against the Atlanta Hawks at 7:30pm

Golden State Warriors podcast with David Zizmor: Can Dubs realistically claim Bulls all time best record of 72-10?

Published on February 26, 2016 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

by David Zizmor

Of the five loses of the Golden State Warriors the losses to Portland and Detroit were real games where the Warriors lost rather than the other team fighting back to win it. There could be circumstances where Steph Curry, Draymond Green, or Klay Thompson not playing. In the Portland game the Warriors lost their composure if you watch that game the refereeing was bad and it didn’t help and the W’s let the bad officiating got in their head.

It took them out of their game and it ended up getting really sloppy and it just kind of got away from them at that point and let’s be fair their a good team. The Trailblazers if the season ended today they’d be in the playoffs. The Blazers aren’t a team to trifle with their a very good team and Damian Lillard he’s from Oakland and he led the Blazers in scoring in the Warriors last visit to Portland.

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Curry goes for 51 points in Warriors’ win over Magic

Published on February 26, 2016 by Eric HeLeave a comment

By: Eric He

Stephen Curry drained 10 3-pointers en route to a 51-point performance as the Warriors beat the Magic 130-114 on the road.

Curry also finished his 128th consecutive game with a 3-point field goal, setting a NBA record.

The Warriors dropped 40 points in the third quarter to give themselves breathing room. Curry buried triple after triple, including a bank shot from half-court at the buzzer to give the Warriors a 99-91 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Much like last night, the Warriors were locked in a tight battle in the first half as the Magic shot at a high percentage and were competitive with the defending champions.

Curry paced the Warriors with 22 points in the first half, but Golden State trailed 63-59 at halftime. The deficit meant nothing for Curry, who shined again and delivered his third 50-point performance of the season.

The defending MVP largely carried the load, as the next-highest scoring Warriors player was Marreese Speights, who had 14.

The Warriors wrap up their seven-game road trip against the Thunder on Saturday.

The Warriors win it down the stretch, defeat the Miami Heat

Published on February 24, 2016February 25, 2016 by rxsluggerLeave a comment

by Jerry Feitelberg

AFP photo: Golden State’s Stephen Curry drives past Miami’s Goran Dragic in Wednesday night’s game in Miami

They did it again. The Miami Heat were not gracious hosts as they gave the Warriors all they could handle. However, it was the Steph and Klay, down the stretch in the fourth quarter, that provided the firepower to propel the Dubs to their 51st win of the season as they beat the heat 118-112.

The Dubs did not play well in the first quarter. They shot just 30%from the floor. Miami, led by Dwayne Wade and Hassan Whiteside had a 31-18 lead with about one second left in the period. Steph made a forty-foot three-point shot as time expired to close the gap to nine. Steph led the Dubs with fourteen points, but none of the other Warriors were playing well.

The Heat had a ten point lead with just 2:45 left in the half. The Dubs went on a 10-2 run to cut the lead to four. The first half ended with the Heat leading 55-51. Curry led the Dubs with eighteen and Klay Thompson added twelve. Draymond Green had seven rebounds. The Heat’s leading scorer was Dwayne Wade with eighteen. Whiteside had fifteen points off the bench, and he was a force all game long. Rookie Josh Richardson added eight, also coming off the bench. Miami scored twelve-second chance points in the half as they outrebounded the Dubs 31-29

The second half was twenty-four minutes of terrific basketball. The Dubs trailed by one when Draymond Green made a layup to make it a 55-54 game. Steph hit a three to give Golden State their first lead of the game. The Dubs led by four 63-59, but Dwayne Wade made a three-point shot. Neither team could get anything going, and the lead changed several times before the Heat pulled slightly away as the third quarter ended with them holding a three-point advantage 83-80.

The fourth quarter was a thriller. If you like basketball, you had to love the play of both teams in the last twelve minutes of the game. There were, at least, thirteen ot fourteen lead changes. The game was tied several times, too. The Dubs’ Klay Thompson was hot, hot and hot in the fourth period. The Splash Brothers were at the top of the game in this period. Klay and Steph made several key three-point shots in the stanza. The Warriors led by three with 3:05 left in the game. Luol Deng tied the game with a three-pointer. The Dubs went ahead by one 107-106 with just sixty-five seconds left. The Heat scored a bucket to put them ahead 108-107. Steph then hit a three with twenty-four seconds left to play. Draymond made two free throws to give the Dubs the lead 112-108. The Heat made two free throws. With 18.5 seconds left, the Heat fouled Steph. Steph made the two free throws. Klay Thompson then made the defensive play of the night to secure the win for Golden State. The Heat took a timeout so that they could put the ball in play from the forecourt. The pass to Goran Dragic was intercepted by Klay. As he headed down the court, he was fouled. The refs ruled that he”had a clear path to the basket.” He was awarded two free throws and possession. Klay made the free throws to put the Dubs in the driver seat. The Warriors win 118-112.

Game Notes- Steph Curry tied an NBA record when he made another three-point shot in the game. Curry tied Kyle Korver’s record of 127 straight games making a three-point shot. the Warriors improve to 51-5. Curry led all scorers with forty-two points, and he also made six three-point shots. Klay Thompson also had a big night.Klay tallied thirty-three and was the man in the fourth quarter. Harrison Barnes added eleven. The Heat had five players in double-figure in a losing effort. Luol Deng scored sixteen. Goran Dragic had thirteen and Josh Richardson knocked down fifteen. Dwayne Wade had a season-high thirty-two and Hassan Whiteside tallied twenty-one.

Warrior coach Steve Kerr had this to say about his dynamic duo “when they both do it on the same night, we are tough to beat.” Kerr also said he “didn’t like the start of the game.” We”were not playing our style.”

The Warriors play the Orlando Magic Thursday night in Orlando.

Warriors Withstand Hawks Comeback, Get Historic 50th Win.

Published on February 22, 2016February 23, 2016 by swhelchLeave a comment

By Shawn Whelchel

With the aid of a third quarter outburst, the Hawks nearly played spoiler to the Warriors historic night. But the Splash Brothers found the bottom of the net late in the game to secure their record-setting 50th win of the season with a 102-92 victory in Atlanta.

The Warriors path to becoming the fastest team to 50 wins in NBA history got off to a good start Monday night, with the squad jumping out to a 19 point lead at the half. Atlanta entered the locker room room looking as if they had no answer for Golden State on either end of the court.

But the Hawks refused to rollover, using a third quarter flurry to turn the tables on Golden State, effectively giving them a taste of what they’ve done to so many other teams during the final six minutes of the frame. Facing their largest deficit of the game- at 23 points- Atlanta broke out for a torrid 28-6 run before closing out the third, reigniting their team and the crowd at Philips Arena.

Atlanta would use their momentum to jump out to an early three-point lead in the fourth before Golden State would regroup and refocus their efforts. With the game slipping away from them, the Warriors’ big players would go on to make big plays, as Steph Curry and Klay Thompson would hit some crucial shots-including Thompson’s three ball to regain the lead- to shift the tide in their favor. Aiding Thompson and Curry’s efforts in the backcourt, C Andrew Bogut would use his size to come up with key blocks and a steal down the stretch, helping to stymy the Hawk’s scoring outburst before they sizzled out to just 17 points in the final frame.

Curry lead all scorers with 36 points on 14-of-22 shooting in the hard-fought win, followed by Thompson’s 27 points. Hampered by a nagging achilles injury, Bogut would put through just 3 points, but came up big for Golden State with his fourth quarter defense.

Following an interesting night against the Clippers, it was the second consecutive game that Golden State nearly lost control of. Part of this came at the Warriors insistence to live-and die- by the three ball. The tone was set early after a wide-open Curry passed up an easy look under the net to kick it out to a waiting Draymond Green behind the arc for the bucket. The Warriors would finish the night with 45 attempts from downtown, connecting on just 31.1 percent of those tries. Golden State’s 1-for-11 shooting from three point range in the third was part of their downfall, but Thompson and Curry’s sharpshooting in the fourth also helped to salvage the game.

Golden State’s win keeps them in contention to surpass Michael Jordan and the 1995-96 Chicago Bull’s record of 72 wins. The Warriors’ road trip continues with a matchup against the Miami Heat on Wednesday at American Airlines Arena.

Golden State Warriors Saturday post game wrap: Clips try to close the gap in the final seconds Dubs hold on with 115-112 win

Published on February 20, 2016 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

by Jessica Kwong AP photo: The Golden State Warriors Draymond Green right reaches over the LA Clippers DeAndre Jordan center for the ball the Warriors Klay Thompson is on the left at Saturday’s game at Staples Center LOS ANGELES – After being blown out in Portland the previous night, the Golden State Warriors’ 115-112 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday was “more like us,” head coach Steve Kerr said. Golden State, without big men Andrew Bogut due to a sore right Achilles and Festus Ezeli due to knee surgery, avoided their first back-to-back loss since last April. They are now 3-0 in the series against the Clippers, who’ve been on fire despite the absence of Blake Griffin, inactive since breaking his hand while punching a team staff member. “These guys are very competitive. We haven’t lost two in a row all year, which we’re very proud of,” Kerr said. “I thought tonight was a good response to a great challenge because the Clippers have been playing really well. They’re a great team and on the road after a long flight, it was a hell of a win.” The Warriors’ mostly double-digit lead throughout the nationally televised game at Staples Center was put in jeopardy in the remaining seconds of the game, after Los Angeles’ Wesley Johnson stole the ball and Pablo Prigioni hit a three-pointer with five seconds remaining to narrow Golden State’s lead to 115-112. Golden State called a timeout, brought back Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes and Andre Iguodala, and after the Clippers’ CJ Wilcox missed a three point shot, the game was history. “Up until the last minute, we played well,” Thompson said. “I am just proud of the way that we were solid with the ball. When we don’t turn it over, we are tough to beat.” The Warriors had 11 turnovers on Saturday, a major improvement from 20 against Portland on Friday. The Warriors wasted no time going for the win in Los Angeles, taking a quick lead over the Clippers at the start of the game that extended to 33-20 by the end of the first quarter, with Klay Thompson contributing 16 points. Golden State held strong in the second quarter too. With about 7 minutes remaining, the Clippers’ Jamal Crawford hit a three pointer, was fouled, and scored at the free throw line to cut Los Angeles’ deficit to 42-33, but the Warriors quickly brought their lead back to double digits and ended the half up 10. The Clippers came out more aggressive in the third quarter and came within 5 points of the defending champions, but Golden State closed the quarter up 93-84. Thompson scored a game-high 32 points while Green, who played center, got his 11th triple-double of the season in a tough matchup with DeAndre Jordan. “I wanted to battle him. He is all over the offensive boards, clogging up the paint and protecting the rim but I was just trying to put him in uncomfortable situations,” Green said. “When he is at the rim, I was trying to make CP (Chris Paul) finish, instead of giving up the lob and also when he is there fighting for the rebounds, I just stayed into his legs. It is hard to jump if a guy is into your legs.” Plenty of Warriors fans showed up in blue and gold at Staples Center, cheering often as loudly as Clipper fans and shouting “MVP” for Curry. “It feels good to have fans everywhere we go,” Kerr said pregame. The Warriors, who shot 52.5 percent from the floor and had 32 assists on 42 field goals, are now 49-5. Setting an NBA record isn’t something the team walks off the court thinking about, Curry said. “If we can win one game at a time, it may happen,” he said. “It’s just finding ways to win that next matchup, the next challenge.” The Warriors face the Hawks in Atlanta 5 p.m. on Monday. Actions Mark as Unread Mark as Read Mark as Spam Star Clear Star Previous Next

Lillard, Blazers humble Warriors

Published on February 19, 2016February 20, 2016 by jhawkes51Leave a comment

By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

AP photo Portland’s Damien Lillard who scored 51 points against Golden State on Friday night in Portland

PORTLAND — Oakland native Damien Lillard scored a career-high 51 points and finished with seven assists leading the Blazers to their fourth straight win with a 137-105 over the Golden State Warriors Friday night in both teams’ first game after the All-Star break.

Lillard was absolutely tremendous, shooting 18-of-28 from the floor, including 9-of-12 from three-point range. Lillard also added six steals.

C.J. McCollum, Lillard’s backcourt mate, scored 21 points on 9-of-18 shooting and knocked down 3-of-4 from beyond the arc. McCollum finished with seven assists

Mason Plumlee and Gerald Henderson each scored 12 points, while Maurice Harkless chipped in 11 points off the bench.

Reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry led all Warriors with 31 points on 12-of-23 shooting. Curry drilled 7-of-11 of his 3s, but the Warriors looked a bit rusty coming back from nine days off.

After having just six turnovers in the first half, Golden State committed 13 turnovers in the third quarter. Portland (28-27), took advantage of the sloppy play from Golden State and built a 104-79 midway through the third quarter.

Draymond Green had a near triple-double night, finishing with 14 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists.

Newly crowned three-point shooting champ from All-Star Weekend Klay Thompson scored 23 points, but Golden State (48-5) just couldn’t get the winning mojo tonight leading Portland to snapping the Warriors’ 11-game winning streak.

Golden State must quickly rebound as they will travel to Los Angeles to take on their bitter rival in the Clippers before a national television audience Saturday night at Staples Center.

Golden State Warriors podcast with David Zizmor: Warriors hit the road for six games can they come back 6-0?

Published on February 18, 2016 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

by David Zizmor

OAKLAND–It’s going to be tough this is the last really long road trip of the season for the Golden State Warriors. You could call it like a seven gamer because of the Phoenix game right before the All-Star break. Let’s not really call it that because the Warriors had a week and half off until the Portland game that Friday.

So this trip is really a six game road trip they start in Portland this Friday and they play the Clippers in LA this Saturday and they kind of do a tour of the South East when they go to Atlanta, Miami, Orlando and have three games in four days. Then they close it out with a barnburner in Oklahoma City with the Thunder.

It is a tough road trip these are all good teams there’s not really a stinker among them Orlando is probably the least of those teams but even they have their moments their not completely incompetent like the Philadelphia 76ers. You look at the teams on this list Portland is sitting there right in the seventh spot in the Western Conference their 27-27. The Clippers are up to number four.

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