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Draymond responds to heckling Timberwolves fans by dragging Gobert originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Draymond Green made his opinion on Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert perfectly clear on Friday night. Green joined TNT’s “Inside the NBA” as a guest analyst for Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinal round between Minnesota and the Dallas Mavericks at Target Center, …

2024 NBA Playoffs – Denver Nuggets v Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James has until June 29 to decide whether to opt in to the final year of his contract with the Lakers, which means signing an extension with the team (totaling $164 million over three years), or opting out, in which case he becomes a free agent and can re-sign …

Watch Steph, Bradley Cooper shoot cheesesteaks into Bottle Rock crowd originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area There are no days off for Steph Curry. Even on, quite literally, a day off. The Warriors star joined actor Bradley Cooper on stage at the BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, where he stole the show at the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage. …

The Indiana Pacers face an insurmountable 3–0 series deficit in their Eastern Conference finals matchup with the Boston Celtics after Saturday’s heartbreaking 114–111 loss in Indianapolis. Indiana was without star Tyrese Haliburton, who was out with a hamstring injury, yet nearly pulled off a win over the Celtics with Andrew Nembhard scoring a career-high 32 points with nine assists. Unfortunately, …

Draymond claims NBA fine system hinders players’ financial success originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Draymond Green knows a thing or two about how the NBA fines its players. The Warriors veteran forward, according to Spotrac.com, has accumulated roughly $900,000 of fines throughout his 12-year NBA career, with suspensions costing him roughly $3.2 million (h/t CBS Sports). Green joined …

Report: Warriors’ Atkinson is ‘leader’ for Cavs’ head coach job originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Are changes coming to the Warriors’ coaching staff? Kenny Atkinson, one of head coach Steve Kerr’s top assistants, is the leading candidate for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ vacant head-coaching position, The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd reported Sunday. Still hearing Kenny Atkinson as leader for Cavs …

2024 SoFi Play-In Tournament – Golden State Warriors v Sacramento Kings Cleveland is a win-now team, making it a longshot that they would hire a rookie head coach to replace J.B. Bickerstaff. They want somebody who has sat in that chair before. Enter former Brooklyn Nets coach and current Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson, the early leader for the job reports …

After losing Game 3 in Dallas on Sunday, 116-107, the Minnesota Timberwolves find themselves down 3-0 to the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference finals despite being outscored by total of just 13 points across the entire series to this point.  To look at the numbers, you would think this has been an incredibly close series. And it has in …

DALLAS — High-stakes playoff series are the ultimate mirror, the revelations a player can make with himself, and about his team, are laid bare. And when we look into this playoff mirror, several things illuminate. Like Jason Kidd being a championship-level coach, with no equivocation or second thought. Like Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving being one of the most potent …

Getty Images Now that the 2024 NBA postseason has begun, the basketball betting market is hotter than ever. CBS Sports will be providing daily picks for the duration of the postseason. Sam Quinn will make at least one pick for every game between now and the NBA Finals. The Pacers are 6-0 in home games this postseason, but that record is a …

Steph, Ayesha Curry announce birth of fourth child: ‘Sweet baby boy’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Curry family just got a little bit bigger. Warriors superstar point guard Steph Curry and his wife Ayesha announced the birth of their son, Caius Chai, in an Instagram post on Sunday. Caius Chai was born on May 11 and is …

Getty Images One of the biggest plays of Game 2 of the Western Conference finals came on an errant pass by Anthony Edwards. With less than one minute remaining, the Minnesota Timberwolves star was doubled and tried to pass the ball to Jaden McDaniels on the baseline. McDaniels couldn’t corral it, and it went out of bounds. Initially, possession was …

2024 NBA Playoffs – Minnesota Timberwolves v Dallas Mavericks Everyone expected a tight Western Conference Finals — and it has been. The games are intense, physical, back-and-forth between two impressive teams. Until the final minutes of the game. That’s when Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving have taken over — Dallas has better closers. Game 3 followed the basic pattern of …

Celtics have more to do, but this playoff run is worth savoring originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston INDIANAPOLIS — The Boston Celtics are one win away from a trip to the NBA Finals. They’ve ripped off six consecutive postseason wins and are 11-2 overall in the playoffs. They’ve produced two signature postseason wins while building a 3-0 series lead …

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, Charles Robinson and Frank Schwab discuss the goodwill surrounding the Raiders hiring Antonio Pierce and if Las Vegas can ride that momentum to success. Hear the full conversation on the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript I think that one of the most exciting …

The conference finals are underway in the 2024 NBA playoffs, and the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks have not dropped a single game in their current series. The fifth-seeded Mavericks are just two wins away from the NBA Finals after they went to Minneapolis and stole Games 1 and 2 from the third-seeded Timberwolves by a total of four points. …

Anthony Edwards turned it on in the second half on Sunday night in an attempt to keep the Minnesota Timberwolves’ season alive. His run, though, came just a bit too late. Luka Dončić and the Dallas Mavericks, after largely shutting down Edwards and the Timberwolves early, held on down the stretch to claim a 116-107 win in Game 3 of …

When Kawhi Leonard and Paul George joined the Los Angeles Clippers in 2019, it was widely understood that Leonard was the team’s franchise player whereas George was his sidekick. Leonard moved to Los Angeles immediately after winning his second Finals MVP award as a member of the Toronto Raptors. He recruited George to join him in Los Angeles and has …

Boston Celtics v Indiana Pacers – Game Three Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton is officially questionable for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals with a hamstring strain as his team tries to keep its season alive. Haliburton was also questionable the day before Game 3 but was eventually ruled out. There are doubts about his ability to play in …

Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II left Sunday’s playoff game against the Timberwolves after taking an inadvertent knee to the back of his head from Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns. The incident took place in the second quarter with Dallas leading, 43-33. Lively fell backward toward the court after contesting a missed jump shot by Mike Conley. As he fell to the …

The Indiana Pacers face a 3–0 deficit going into Monday’s Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals with the Boston Celtics. No team has ever rallied from that situation to win an NBA playoff series. That probably can’t be emphasized enough. So it’s certainly understandable, if not prudent, that the NBA is preparing to possibly present the Celtics with …

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Dončić is available for Sunday’s Western Conference finals Game 3 against the Minnesota Timberwolves after entering warmups with a questionable designation. Head coach Jason Kidd told reporters before warmups that Dončić was questionable with right knee soreness. The team announced after warmups that Dončić was cleared to play. Forwards Maxi Kleber (shoulder) and Olivier-Maxence Prosper (ankle) …

The Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers are battling in the 2024 Eastern Conference finals, and the top-seeded Celtics are just one win away from the NBA Finals. Boston, winners of 64 games in the regular season, took care of business at home to start the series and just became the first team to beat the Pacers in Indiana — they …

Despite targeting Monday night for his return, Kristaps Porzingis still isn’t ready to take the court. The Boston Celtics announced on Sunday afternoon that Porzingis won’t play in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference finals matchup against the Indiana Pacers on Monday due to his lingering calf injury. Porzingis hasn’t played since their opening-round series against the Miami Heat, when …

The Dallas Mavericks and the Minnesota Timberwolves square off in a pivotal Game 3 showdown of the 2024 Western Conference finals on Sunday evening. This is a crucial contest for the Timberwolves as they look to avoid going down 0-3 in the series. Dallas has gone 4-2 at home in the 2024 NBA playoffs, while Minnesota is 5-1 on the …