As turbulent as this regular season has been for the Warriors, they’ve had zero trouble with the Rockets. Four games, four relatively easy wins. The season sweep was completed on Monday night in Houston — a 121-108 final — snapping an 11-game road losing streak for the Warriors, the longest for the franchise since 2010. …
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Here are five observations from the Warriors’ 127-119 loss in Atlanta on Friday night — a 10th consecutive road loss — dropping them to 36-35 on the season, only a half-game up on the seventh spot, leaving them increasingly vulnerable to Play-In danger. 1. The signature sequence The Warriors clearly didn’t want Steph Curry, on …
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For a player who doesn’t do much talking, who doesn’t take over a room, the absence of Andrew Wiggins is tangible in the Warriors’ locker room. His presence is significant enough to leave a vacancy in the vibe. He isn’t a magnet in the space like Stephen Curry, whose cubicle is teeming with boxes of …
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— Written by David Aldridge, James Edwards III and Josh Robbins The 2022-23 NBA Defensive Player of the Year race has plenty of deserving candidates. With only four weeks remaining in the regular season, who are the favorites for the award? To answer that question, The Athletic has assembled three of its writers who voted …
SAN FRANCISCO — The visiting team chooses which end it warms up on, and Milwaukee chose the half court in front of the Warriors’ bench, which pushed the Warriors to the opposite basket. When this happens, Stephen Curry alters his ritual trick shot, which involves a pass from courtside usher Curtis Jackson. Instead of a …
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SAN FRANCISCO — With just 31.7 seconds remaining in Saturday’s game, Golden State Warriors guard Donte DiVincenzo triggered the inbounds play against his former team with the Warriors down by three. Covering Draymond Green in the nearside corner on the left side of the floor, Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez looked around the floor and …
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SAN FRANCISCO — On his way to the showers, draped in a couple of black towels, Jordan Poole stopped to watch a highlight playing on the screen in Moses Moody’s locker. It was TNT’s replay of Poole’s 3-pointer from the left wing early in the fourth quarter against the Clippers. “Watch this,” he told a …
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February is the shortest month of the year, and even with the NBA All-Star break, there was plenty of action on the hardwood. And due to some trades, there are some new faces in new places. Besides Valentine’s Day treats (the Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves, and Donovan Mitchell and Dillon Brooks probably didn’t exchange …
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SAN FRANCISCO — At this point, the Warriors’ season requires a hero. Injuries steadily attacking their depth. Reinforcements don’t appear to be coming. The defense just isn’t going to be consistently good, at least not until at full strength. For the young players expected to level up, this task seems to be too much at …
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The 2022-23 NBA Sixth Man of the Year almost certainly will be someone who has never won the award before. Jordan Clarkson and Tyler Herro, the two most recent winners, are now entrenched as starters for their respective teams. So who leads this year’s race? To answer that question, The Athletic turned to three of …
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