0 comments by Kevin Causey on 6/2/2016
Early in the first quarter of game one of the 2016 NBA Finals, Draymond Green finds Andrew Bogut for the alley-oop! Alley-oop to Bogut! https://t.co/fi0iMXcaiX — Crossover Chronicles (@crossoverNBA)
CLEVELAND, OH – JUNE 16: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers shoots against Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors in the first half during Game Six of the 2015 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on June 16, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Tony Dejak-Pool/Getty Images)
0 comments by John Cannon
This is going to be a (relatively) short post, so no need to get too comfortable. I’m really surprised by how many really smart basketball people are expecting the Warriors to take six or even seven games to win the 2016 NBA Finals. I’ll take a few guesses at the reasoning behind that in a […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The Cleveland Cavaliers began this long season in late October with the hope that after losing the 2015 NBA Finals, they could eclipse the Golden State Warriors in the league’s pecking order. On Monday, January 18, they realized that was not likely to happen… unless the Warriors failed to make the 2016 Finals, felled by […]
PHOENIX, AZ – JANUARY 13: J.R. Smith #5 of the Cleveland Cavaliers during the NBA game against the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center on January 13, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The Golden State Warriors survived J.R. Smith in last year’s NBA Finals — mostly because they were better than the Cleveland Cavaliers, but partly because J.R.’s shot didn’t come alive until it was too late for his team. Remember how Game 6 ended? It was seemingly a done deal midway through the fourth quarter. The […]
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The 2016 NBA Finals will reunite the Cleveland Cavaliers and the defending champions, the Golden State Warriors. The Cavaliers are four wins away from capturing their first NBA championship, and it would not have been possible if they did not make a coaching change earlier in the season. In January, general manager David Griffin decided […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 5/31/2016
If I had to identify the coach who performed better in the just-concluded Western Conference Finals, I would rate Billy Donovan higher than Steve Kerr. However, this hardly means Kerr performed poorly. Kerr’s lineup combinations were not as effective or transformative as Donovan’s roster manipulations, but the coach of the Golden State Warriors crafted a […]
OAKLAND, CA – MAY 30: Klay Thompson #11 of the Golden State Warriorsreacts after a three-point basket against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game Seven of the Western Conference Finals during the 2016 NBA Playoffs at ORACLE Arena on May 30, 2016 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
0 comments by John Cannon
The Golden State Warriors are back. I don’t mean back in the NBA Finals, although that is also true. I mean back on the planet. They had obviously been abducted, along with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and replaced with lookalike human forms that aliens thought would pass satisfactorily while they conducted experiments on the real players. For three […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
One of the most enduring debates in the NBA the past two seasons has involved the Golden State Warriors’ second- and third-best players, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson. You will note that Draymond is positioned first and Klay second. That’s because I firmly thought Draymond was the better — or if not better, more indispensable […]
May 26, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; A general view of Oracle Arena after the Golden State Warriors win game five of the Western conference finals of the NBA Playoffs against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Warriors won 120-111. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The NBA playoffs almost always reward resilience. Only in a few rare cases does a champion not have to deal with some degree of turbulence in the postseason. One example is the 1983 Philadelphia 76ers, who swept two series and won a third in five games after leading 3-0. The ’83 Sixers, however, represent the […]
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“Strength In Numbers.” Like “ALL IN” or “WE BELIEVE,” the words can so easily represent a cheap slogan which can be appropriated by other teams. Strength In Numbers. Of course every team is a family, a group, a unit which is more than the sum of its parts. At least, a team better be more […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Greatness. You know it when you see it. Yet, counterintuitively, greatness transcends its most obvious manifestations. It is in the nature of greatness to transcend. Such is the reality of the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday morning after their Game 7 survival act against the Oklahoma City Thunder in a memorable Western Conference Finals. It’s […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 5/30/2016
Steph Curry hustled up the floor with just five second left and hit this ridiculous high arching lay-in to beat the half-time buzzer against Oklahoma City in game seven….. Steph beats the buzzer!
0 comments by Kevin Causey
Check out this fantastic alley-oop from Russell Westbrook to Andre Roberson in the second quarter of game seven of the playoff series between Oklahoma City and Golden State….. Westbrook to Roberson!
PHOENIX – MAY 20: Charles Barkley #34 of the Phoenix Suns walks with his head down during Game Seven of the 1995 NBA Western Conference semifinals against the Houston Rockets on May 20, 1995 at the American West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. Houston defeated Phoenix 115-114 and won the series 4-3. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1995 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
0 comments by John Cannon
I have been saying for a week that being down 3-1 in a seven-game series, while not a position to be desired, is not fatal to a very good basketball team. If that team is the defending NBA champion, there’s even less cause for panic. To support that position, I merely had to recount my […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – MAY 22: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors covers his face in the fourth quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder in game three of the Western Conference Finals during the 2016 NBA Playoffs at Chesapeake Energy Arena on May 22, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It’s gameday — Game 7 day. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Golden State Warriors have captivated us for two whole weeks. The journey ends where it began, on a Monday inside Oracle Arena. Either way, the resolution of the Western Conference Finals will reverberate through the NBA. Either the Thunder arrest their slide and win […]
