Basketball

This Friday night the Warriors are at home to take on Kevin Durant and OKC Thunder at Oracle Arena in a showdown of Western Conference foes. With the Warriors recent struggles this will surely be a tough game, but with Stephen Curry now back in the lineup this might be a better game than people are expecting. Through our ticket partner TIqIQ, you can essentially pick your price via the TiqIQ “make an offer” feature from Score Big. For Friday night’s game, a “1 star” seat that usually goes for $50+ (after all the shipping and handling fees) can be [...]

Magic (117) – Warriors (109) Dwight Howard broke Wilt Chamberlain’s record of free throws in a game without actually trying. The “hack-a-Shaq” routine became common throughout the league, once it was widely known that Shaq couldn’t be relied on in the end to make free throws to seal the deal. Howard, similarly has this same reputation. Though he connected on 21 of 39 free throws, his free throws are usually up and down depending on the game. Lucky for the Magic, he was on last night. As for the night, Howard finished the night with 45 points and 23 rebounds. [...]

Rumors sure are flying. It wouldn’t be a sports crazy world if there isn’t at least one ridiculous rumor floating around. Rumor has it, Apple has placed a bid for the rights of English Premier League (EPL). What is EPL? Well for one its known as “football”, but because we, Americans, have to call it something entirely different to be different, soccer is the more common name. Yes, I know. One, this is a basketball blog and for God’s sake, specifically a Golden State Warriors blog. But I just wanted to prove a point that rumors are flying around. BTW, [...]

The Warriors are not winning. Losing to the San Antonio Spurs for the 13th consecutive time, the Spurs won the tight contest 101-95. The loss essentially makes the Warriors 1-2. The loss also claimed another victim, as Stephen Curry rolled his ankle, yet again. Most of the time, when people roll their ankles, it is by their own fault. There are times, when they land on other player’s feet and roll, but most of the time, they end up doing it on their own. Curry was faking a long pass from the backcourt and landed awkwardly on his right foot, [...]

Early stats. How does the Warriors line up against the other teams? Well, so so if you ask for my professional opinion. Standings They are 3rd in the conference only behind the two LA teams with a .400% win percentage. Pretty good so far, as they are only 0.5 games behind the leaders with a 2-3 record. Early Season Stats* And for individual stats*: Scoring: Monta Ellis – 20.3 ppg Rebounds: David Lee – 8.0 rpg Steals: Stephen Curry – 2.3 spg Assists: Monta Ellis – 8.5 apg Blocks: Brandon Rush – 1.4 bpg * Source: ESPN – NBA – [...]

Right about now, there is few good news coming out of mediation camp. In fact, it seems that even though there are long talk days and a lot of talk days, nothing has been resolved. Sounds like they either are bickering back and forth like a married old couple or they just keep talking in circles. Either way, it has yet to produce something that is tangible and now not only has $170 million dollars in player salary but now more games maybe cancelled. But, let’s look at some positive things that have been a good welcome since this lockout [...]

Now that the meeting in NY didn’t amount to anything, pre-season if officially cancelled, while training camp is just postponed. Now on the table, will the regular season suffer the same fate? A deal will have to struck by mid-October before any real games get cancelled. Has anyone panicked? Well, besides the fans, I doubt both sides are panicking. Both sides seem strong headed and ok with waiting the season out. Some players, mostly the aged ones, are prepared to miss a season so that the future can have the same benefits that they were able to enjoy from the [...]

The Warriors have taken a new direction by first not renewing the contract for Chris Mullin and by naming Larry Riley as the new General Manager. Though this is old news, it’s good to let this information sink in and develop a better understanding on where the Warriors want to go. Mullin has been in the office for five years and I believe he did a decent job with the talent and money he had. He resurrected Don Nelson’s coaching career, resurrected Baron Davis’s career, gave a home to the trouble but talented Stephen Jackson, and got the Warriors back [...]

This NBA playoffs haven’t had any huge upsets that have captured my attention. The Lakers, easily handled the Jazz, while Ron Artest gave the Houston Rockets the boost that they needed to go into the second round. Even without Dwight Howard, the Magic left the Sixers behind,  the Nuggests finally got to Round 2 by dismantling the Hornets, the Mavs beat up on the old Spurs and the Cavs easily cruised in their series.  Only two series left in the first round. By far one of the best series in the playoffs have been the Bulls vs. Celtics. They have played [...]

Doc Rivers asked for one volunteer during half-time. Ray Allen gave the Celtics just what they needed. After trading consecutive baskets with Ben Gordon, both of UCONN alums, Ray Ray took the most important shot for the Celtics in this early playoffs. Hitting a three with 2.0 seconds to go, the win wasn’t just for a tied series that is headed to Chicago, but a confidence booster and the belief that the Celtics can win, even with a banged up team and a weak bench. Celtic Nation was optimistic, when they heard that KG would not play the rest of [...]