Playoffs

Is Stephen Curry a good defender? He’s certainly not a terrible one. And there are times when he’s underrated, because criticism is so unnecessarily prevalent. Take the Golden State Warriors’ Game 5 Western Conference Finals win over the Oklahoma City on Thursday night. Curry didn’t see a ton of time on Russell Westbrook, but on [...]

Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey and Draymond Green would probably get along really well. Neither of them likes to sugarcoat anything. True to form, Casey didn’t sugarcoat the performance of his team during its 116-78 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, per the New York Times‘ Scott Cacciola: [...]

Despite the Warriors recent struggles and losing by an average of 26 points in Games 3 and 4 in Oklahoma City, Draymond Green has complete confidence that the Warriors will respond in Game 5 at home and bring the series back to Oklahoma City for a Game 6. He told The Undefeated’s Marc Spears Thursday [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have won six of their past 7 playoff games by an average of 15 points per victory. That’s an impressive stat or accomplishment for an NBA team in the increased stakes and high level of competition of the NBA Playoffs. When you consider that run of dominance has come against two [...]

Draymond Green was not put on this Earth to sugarcoat anything. Following the Golden State Warriors’ Game 4 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday night, Green didn’t mince words when describing his performance, per ESPN.com’s Ethan Sherwood Strauss: Draymond Green sat at his locker, still in uniform, long [...]

After losing Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals to the Oklahoma City Thunder, forfeiting home-court advantage in the process, the Golden State Warriors could be discouraged and down on themselves. But then they wouldn’t be the Golden State Warriors. Draymond Green, in fact, is almost happy that the Warriors are here, trailing 1-0, their [...]

Game 1 was everything we could have asked for and more in the Western Conference Finals as the stars came out to shine and the Oklahoma City Thunder came back from a 13-point halftime deficit to beat the Golden State Warriors and steal home court. As always there was a little controversy (the Westbrook travel) [...]

Game 1 of the 2016 Western Conference Finals tips off tonight in Oakland, as the two most talented and fast-paced teams in the NBA square off in an epic showdown for the right to play for an NBA championship. The matchup is a slight surprise as almost everyone acknowledged that the Golden State Warriors and [...]

There is only one game on the docket in NBA Playoff action tonight and it is the most substantial and intriguing game yet in the 2016 postseason, a game that could effectively end one of the greatest eras for a team in professional sports history or plant the initial seed to send another franchise in [...]

The 2nd round series between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder has lived up to its billing through 5 games as we had another nail biter with the Thunder pulling off the upset on the road in Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are showing why [...]