The Golden State Warriors' recent NBA title will prove to be a turning point in basketball's evolution. While the game has been steadily drifting away from the Goliath vs. Goliath monotony of center-oriented post play, league-MVP Stephen Curry & Co. shattered several prevailing NBA myths when they finished off Lebron James' Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 in Game 6. The Warriors proved a jump-shooting team can win the NBA title, even without an inside presence. The San Antonio Spurs seemed to dispel this misconception a year prior when their 3-point barrage buried the Miami Heat in the 2014 NBA Finals. However, naysayers pointed to the interior threats of Tim Duncan and Tiago Splitter as to the cause behind the victory, claiming the big men's offensive
To begin with did you know Steph curry was drafted in 2009 according to wikipedia . According to the article “ warriors history index “ it states; “ the golden state warriors are the one only three charter member of national basketball Associations “ this proves the golden state warriors is one of the best teams to last though all of Basketball today. The most scoring player in the NBA was on the golden state warriors name, Wilt Chamberlain. According to the article “ 18 thing you might not know about the golden state warriors “ it stated; “
The Portland Trailblazers are one of the best teams in the NBA. On April 8th, 2017 Damian Lillard tied the franchise record for the most 3 pointers in one game. If I said that the Portland Trailblazers were the best team in the NBA I would be lying because of course, other NBA teams have more records, Better gear, and better players. But with all of that said I still think the Portland Trailblazers have some of the best players in the world. If the Portland Trailblazers didn’t have some of the best players then most certainly participants on the team would not be tying world records like Damian Lillard. That is why the Portland trail blazers are one of the best teams
Oklahoma City Thunder make mincemeat of the league’s lowly Philadelphia 76ers with a 111-97 victory at the Wells Fargo Center on Friday night.
Toronto Raptors are slowly climbing it ways to top as it defeated the visiting Orlando Magic with a 105-100 victory at the Air Canada Centre on Sunday.
The (0-3) Los Angeles Lakers are back in downtown Los Angeles, at the Staples Center, to battle the (1-2) Denver Nuggets. The Lakers are facing the unenviable task of changing the narrative and after three straight losses, attempting to remove the stench that is emanating from their defense.
Miami, FLA. - The three-time NBA champions the Miami Heat tipped of their 30th season with a 96-90 victory over the Atlanta Hawks in a preseason game on October 1.
Have you ever wondered who is better the Warriors or the Cavaliers? Who is the better team? Who has better players? Have you guessed who has a better chance of winning a championship? Who has the best stats? And what player has a better chance of getting a MVP? Read to find out.
The Golden State Warriors are the best team in the league. They are 67-15 as in 67 wins and 15 loses. They have many great young stars on their team like Stephen Curry, Clay Thompson, Draymond Green, and Kevin Durant. Stephen Curry is at point guard which is one of the ball handling positions besides shooting guard. Point guards job is to call the plays and bring the ball up or down court. They are supposed to have the most assist in a game too. The shooting guard and small forward are supposed to be able to shoot and make baskets. The power forward and center are supposed to get glass and get rebounds on offense and defense. Usually the center is the tallest and biggest one out there and the point guard is the shortest and smallest one on
The league’s four-time Most Valuable Player LeBron James and the 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving paced the Cavaliers to the team’s dominating win over the Kings.
He regards that LeBron was the star of the Cavaliers’ win due to his ability to perform in critical situations. Powell conveys that “the sore-backed Andre Iguodala passed to Stephen Curry, who flipped it back to Iguodala, who went up for the layup. Or not, as the case would be. Sprinting five or six steps behind was that 6-foot-8 Erie Lackawanna freight train known as LeBron James. His strides got longer and faster, and now he was airborne, his eyes nearly even with the hoop. He blocked the shot, his hand pinning the ball to the backboard.” LeBron James’ chasedown block on Andre Iguodala who plays for the opposing Golden State Warriors was the turning point in the remaining moments of the NBA Finals. He prevented an easy layup from the Warriors that would've given them the lead. Instead LeBron made a very important play to the outcome of the game that brought an immediate surge of energy to the Cavaliers players which allowed them to secure a lead and potentially save them from losing the
Orlando: defensively, also rank 18th, on average allowing 101.6 points per game. The Los Angeles Lakers offensively, rank 18th in the NBA, on average scoring 102 points per game. Defensively; the Los Angeles Lakers rank 27th in the NBA allowing 109.3 points per game.
See that mountain side over there? Looks like the face of a woman, doesn’t it? They say it looks that way because once… It was July 5th 2016 it was offseason in Oklahoma City and Kevin Durant wanted a ring and he is thinking about the 3-1 lead that they blew against the Golden State Warriors. He was looking for a new and better team that can get him at ring. So he looked at the Golden State Warriors the new rival team of the Oklahoma City Thunder. One day all the Oklahoma City Thunder fans heard of this, and they started calling him a snake for wanting to leave and they thought he was a trader, and they all got together and started to cut out Kevin Durant’s face and put the name cupcake above his face. So every time he goes to play Oklahoma
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The aforementioned three game stretch saw the Warriors out-worked on the boards, leaving too many easy points at the free throw line, and numerous misses from the three-point line, which is uncharacteristic for a team known for sharpshooting.
The Golden State Warriors had a 24-0 start to their 2016 season. To add, this was one of the best NBA start to the season ever which