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Cavaliers, referees take down Warriors 137-116 in Game 4
The champagne on ice will have to be saved for Monday, where Game 5 will convene back at Oracle Arena. The Warriors will have to play an entirely different game if they expect to close out the NBA Finals.
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Draymond’s mom tweets Game 4 was fixed
To say the refs have had a rough Game 4 would be an understatement.
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Draymond Green stays in Game 4 after confusing officiating blunder
Draymond Green was nearly tossed out of Game 4 of the NBA Finals for the second year in a row. After receiving a technical foul in the middle of the third quarter, Mike Breen, Marc Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy and all of America was ready to watch Draymond walk dejectedly off the court. It was…
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Kevin Durant and LeBron James scuffle at half court
Midway through the third quarter Kevin Durant drove hard to the rack and got smacked in the head by Kevin Love. The officials called the foul, but Kevin Durant appeared to be asking for a flagrant foul to be called.
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Iguodala on LeBron kick: Won’t ‘say someone should not play, because you want everybody to be at full strength, right?’
Aside from Kevin Durant’s dagger three-point shot that put the Warriors up with just 45 seconds remaining, the second-most important play in Game 3 may have been Andre Iguodala’s stripping of LeBron James, as he attempted a game-tying three with 12 seconds on the clock.
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J.A. Adande on Warriors-Cavs dominance: ‘The league has always been this way’
Since when has the NBA been like the NFL with a rotating cast of contenders and champions year in and year out?. In the 90s Michael Jordan won six [championships] out of eight times. In the 80s you had Magic Johnson and Larry Bird gobbling up most of the titles.
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Cleveland columnist calls Curry ‘utterly classless’ after bathroom-style celebration
A Cleveland columnist slammed Stephen Curry in a piece posted on Cleveland.com Friday, accusing the two-time MVP of taking an “air-dump” while celebrating Kevin Durant’s go-ahead three-pointer late in the fourth quarter. The columnist called Curry’s intent obvious before trashing his character, referring to him as “arrogant, whiny, utterly classless.”
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Kerr mocks NBA legends who think they would’ve beat the Warriors
Kerr was asked what he made of all the former NBA greats denouncing the Warriors’ success. He gave one his most sarcastic — and best — answers of the entire season.
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Draymond called Durant from parking lot after loss in Game 7 of NBA Finals [report]
ESPN’s Zach Lowe published a piece on Thursday detailing the redemption of Draymond Green following last year’s debacle in the NBA Finals, where his suspension from Game 5 helped Cleveland get back in the series, and ultimately overcome a 3-1 deficit.
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Jerry West on working for Clippers: ‘I don’t know what that decision is going to be’ [report]
Last week, it was reported that the Los Angeles Clippers had reached out to Warriors consultant, and long time LA resident, Jerry West, to gauge his interest in filling a similar role for the Southern California team moving forward. With his contract up this offseason, West has yet to commit to Golden State beyond this…