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Round 3, Game 5: Warriors 104, Rockets 90

So here we are: It’s almost June, only two NBA teams are still in the championship hunt, and one of them is Our Golden State Warriors. That’s bizarre. That’s new. But it’s pretty cool too. The W’s...

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NBA Finals Predictions

We'll be seeing a lot of this in the next couple weeks. So everybody wants to know, what do I think will happen in the NBA Finals? Here’s one thing that’s for sure: We will see a lot of “LeBron vs....

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Advantage: Warriors

. We all know that the Warriors have a tremendous home-court advantage. By my count they are 46-3 at Oracle Arena this year, and the average margin of victory is somewhere around 10 points. But now...

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Round 4, Game 1: Warriors 108, Cavaliers 100

Andre Iguodala puts his shoe back on after drilling a three. Last night’s game was like a great action movie: It was exciting, it was suspenseful, and it had a happy ending. After a long week of...

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Round 4, Game 2: Cavaliers 95, Warriors 93

With seven seconds left in overtime last night, reigning MVP and consensus Quite-Possibly-the-Best-Shooter-Ever Stephen Curry took a hard dribble from the left side, stepped back, lofted a rainbow...

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Draymond Green with an afro

How can this fail to make you happy? He looks bit like ?uestlove, no?

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Round 4, Game 3: Cavaliers 96, Warriors 91

I'm pretty sure this shot went in. If history is any indication, the Warriors will be just fine. They were in this same position exactly one month ago: down 2-1 to an opponent who was playing stifling...

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Round 4, Game 4: Warriors 103, Cavaliers 82

Andre Iguodala apparently doesn't like the nickname 'Iggy,' so in recognition of his heroic Game 4 performance, I hereby swear never to call him that again. Now the truth can be told: I was a little...

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Round 4, Game 5: Warriors 104, Cavaliers 91

Life sure is funny. Here it is 2015, and I find myself on an airplane en route to London via Toronto, iPad in lap to jot down a few words about the fact that the Warriors just won Game 5 of the NBA...

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Round 4, Game 6: Warriors 105, Cavaliers 97

The last time my favorite sports team won the championship was 1980, when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals in the World Series. I turned 13 on the day of Game 2 of the Series, so...

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Chocolate Thunder Returns to Planet Lovetron

It was the 70s. My standing New Year’s resolution is to make everything I do funky. I never quite accomplish it – it is an aspirational guide, not an item on a to-do list – and neither does any other...

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So long, Moses

Don't fuck with the Moses. In an odd coincidence of timing, Moses Malone passed away this weekend, just a couple weeks after Darryl Dawkins, the man who he replaced on the Philadelphia 76ers. Darryl...

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It Gets Late Early Out Here

The creators of Yogi Bear claimed he was not based on Yogi Berra. They were full of shit. We lost one of the greats yesterday: Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra, who shuffled off this mortal coil at the age...

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Back Again for the First Time

Time to wake up, Steph. I’m told that this has been the shortest offseason in Warriors history, and I believe it, since the last time they went to the Finals was 1975, and the season was a lot shorter...

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Here We Go Again

Steph Curry nails a shot while chewing his mouthguard – in the NBA 2K16 video game. Soon he will be doing it again in real life. So today Our Golden State Warriors begin their defense of the NBA...

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It Is Happening Again

'Shoot it again, Steph.' Exactly one year ago, I was writing a breathless encomium to the undefeated Golden State Warriors, who were coming off a big win against the detested LA Clippers. Well…(cue the...

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Twilight of the Mamba

Don't cry, Kobe. It'll all be over soon. I’ve never liked Kobe Bryant, not one bit. And still don’t. Will I miss him? Well…maybe a little bit. He’s been the player I love to hate for 20 years now, and...

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Are you kidding me?

I did what now? I have been superstitiously avoiding writing about the Warriors up to this point, waiting for them to lose a game before I talk about the insane run they’ve been on. But since it looks...

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Your Mid-December Updates

A quiet Sunday in mid-December seems like a good time for an update on some of my ongoing obsessions. The Warriors I hoped to be sitting here today writing that the Golden State Warriors are still...

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Another One Bites the Dust

OK, let’s talk about the Warriors a little bit. On January 16th they lost their fourth game of the season, and their second in four days, to a mediocre Detroit Pistons team. (Four days earlier they...

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