The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors blew out their opponents in anticipated matchups Wednesday night, proving what many people already expected about this NBA season — it's a two-horse league.
Aspen -
"When things happen, you meet them head-on."
So says Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, the player who famously got into it with Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James in last month's NBA playoffs
Los Angeles -
It's hard to blame the Los Angeles Lakers for trying to get in on a good thing — the Golden State Warriors are obviously doing something right.
San Francisco -
San Francisco supervisors voted 10-0 to approve construction of a new $1 billion arena on the city's southern downtown shoreline to lure the NBA champion Golden State Warriors basketball team back to the city by the bay.
The Golden State Warriors improved to 19-0 Monday night in a narrow win over the Utah Jazz.
The Warriors are already off to the hottest start in NBA history, and they're the undisputed best team in basketball.
The same night the defending NCAA champions Louisville lost to Kentucky we caught a glimpse of the strong playoffs to come in the NBA western conference.
Last year's NBA scoring leader Kevin Durant guest-raps on a new hip-hop track by Stephen Jackson, a forward with the San Antonio Spurs. "Lonely at the Top" features the hook "haters gonna hate, but we gonna celebrate."
Boston -
The Warriors have been struggling of late winning one of their last four games, and on the other side the Celtics have been rolling three of their last four games. The Celtics are leaders of the East and made their lead bigger with this win.
Oakland -
The Pacers were the victims of a Channing Frye late jumper against the Phoenix Suns in overtime 110-108. While the Warriors took a tough last minute lost to the Timberwolves Feb. 27, 126-123.
Oakland -
The Celtics went into the All-Star break with four All-Stars and a two game winning streak. They kept the streak going with a nice road win over the Warriors. The Celtics gave a great team effort playing all the active players on their roster.
Salt Lake City -
The Jazz have lost twice to the Warriors this season with two of them coming on the Warriors floor. At home the Warriors won 85-78 and 96-81. The last time the Jazz won they were at home and Jerry Sloan was still their coach.
WARRIORS: Cpl. Miguel Escobedo (left), a Marines radio operator and member of the Familia Social Club, talks with fellow participants before taking off on the Battleship Benefit Ride for Fallen Soldiers sponsored by the Wounded Warriors Project in San Pedro, Calif., in 2012.
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Battle between the Scythians and the Slavs
Viktor Vasnetsov, 1881
MOVING OUT: The Golden State Warriors basketball team hopes to have more than one extra championship banner to hang from the rafters of their new arena in 2018.
