0 comments by John Cannon on 5/2/2016
The Golden State Warriors’ 118-106 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals could easily be placed in the “Really Not That Close” catagory. After all, the Dubs took a 20-point lead into the second quarter and never led by fewer than nine points the rest of the way. […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 5/1/2016
https://soundcloud.com/crossover-chronicles/tim-roye-4-30-16 Tim Roye is in his 21st season as the Golden State Warriors’ radio play-by-play voice. For nearly two full decades, he witnessed some of the worst basketball imaginable. In his first 16 years, the Warriors were over .500 just twice, and he had to wait 11 years for the first such instance. In one […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 4/27/2016
https://soundcloud.com/crossover-chronicles/john-cannon-with-espns-marc-spears Welcome to the new Crossover Chronicles podcast as our series of playoff conversations continues. Marc Spears has covered the NBA for many years, both as a beat writer and as a national columnist. He recently moved from Yahoo! Sports to ESPN to be part of the new website, “The Undefeated,” set to launch in mid-May. […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 4/25/2016
All of the excitement around the Golden State Warriors’ fabulous season, and all the predictions about where it would lead, had a caveat: “Unless Steph Curry gets hurt.” Okay, Curry is hurt. Depending on when you read this column, you might already know the extent of the injury to his right knee, suffered when he […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 4/23/2016
https://soundcloud.com/crossover-chronicles/john-cannon-with-sf-chronicle-columnist-bruce-jenkins Bruce Jenkins of the San Francisco Chronicle has covered the Golden State Warriors and the NBA for over 40 years. We talked several times last spring as the Warriors made their championship run, and I thought he would be the ideal guest to start our collection of 2016 playoff podcasts. In this episode, we […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 4/22/2016
There’s an old saying about NBA playoff competitions: “The series doesn’t start until someone loses a home game.” Never has that been less true than in the Golden State-Houston first-round series. Houston “held serve” by winning its first home game Thursday night, so by the old axiom, everything is going according to plan. In reality, […]
Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, center, and coach Steve Kerr smile during a timeout during the first half in Game 2 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Houston Rockets Monday, April 18, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
0 comments by John Cannon on 4/19/2016
As the 2016 Golden State Warriors’ season unfolded, the optimism always had one caveat. A significant injury to Steph Curry would mean all bets were off. Any other injury, even one as damaging as the ankle sprain that cost Andre Iguodala 17 games late in the season, could be dealt with. Take Curry off the […]
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0 comments by John Cannon on 4/18/2016
The first weekend of the first round of the NBA playoffs was so awful that a mildly tweaked ankle is one of the biggest stories out there. Of course, the fact that the ankle is connected to the rest of Steph Curry by surgically repaired tissue does raise the stakes a little bit. I was asked […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 4/12/2016
Steve Kerr could become a Jeopardy! clue later this spring: “This man won 140 games in back-to-back NBA seasons and didn’t win a Coach of the Year Award.” Absurd, right? It could happen. This is the time of the year when NBA people discuss end-of-season awards. The playoff teams are almost all identified, but the […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 4/8/2016
When the Warriors and Spurs got together a month or so ago in San Antonio, I wrote that both teams got what they needed, although neither got what they wanted. The gist was this: The Spurs got the win that night, which they needed to stay alive in the race for the best record in […]
Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) during an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics Friday, April 1, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
0 comments by John Cannon on 4/3/2016
In an area famous for seismic activity, there was an earth-shaking basketball game in Oakland Friday night. It was a regular-season game, the 76th of the season for both teams. It didn’t get anybody into the playoffs or knock anyone out of the playoffs; in fact, neither team gained or lost any ground in the […]
CLEVELAND, OH – JANUARY 18: Stephen Curry #30 and Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors joke on the bench during the fourth quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena on January 18, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Warriors defeated the Cavaliers 132-98. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
0 comments by John Cannon on 4/1/2016
You can’t consume sports media these days without hearing vociferous debate on whether Steve Kerr should rest his Golden State Warriors starters rather than go after the NBA record for wins in a season. The irony is that for those of us who actually watch all the games, it’s a moot point. Kerr couldn’t rest […]
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry sits on the bench during a timeout in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Saturday, March 19, 2016, in San Antonio. San Antonio won 87-79. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
0 comments by John Cannon on 3/20/2016
The Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs came into Saturday night’s game under very different circumstances. Accordingly, they had different needs and wants. The Spurs have been rolling, were as healthy as they’ve been all year, and were playing at home. They had Friday off, and had enjoyed a blowout win on Thursday night […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 3/15/2016
On December 15th, at the very end of a very long column about the Warriors’ first loss, I first wrote that I believed they would break the Bulls’ record for most wins in a season. The unspoken caveat was, of course, the dreaded injury. If a key player, like Steph Curry, or Klay Thompson, or […]
0 comments by John Cannon on 3/4/2016
Now that the Golden State Warriors have defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder for the third time in a month, it’s time to take a look at where these teams are headed, and how those destinations could be altered by the free agency of one Kevin Durant. First, that steam engine you just heard blow by […]
