Golden State Warriors

DALLAS (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 31 points, Andrew Wiggins added 27 while posterizing Luka Doncic on a dunk and the Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas ...

... Otto Porter Jr., who averaged 10.5 points on 82% shooting the first two games, limped to the locker room in the first half and was ruled out with left foot soreness. Bullock worked with several organizations in the Dallas area after signing as a free agent in the offseason and has long been active in similar pursuits in his native North Carolina. ... Dorian Finney-Smith got a technical early in the second half for an elbow to the back of Green after a made Dallas free throw. After the timeout, Curry could been seen saying, “What happened?” and approached Doncic to talk about it. His sister, a transgender woman, was killed in 2014. As he circled back toward his bench, Curry walked by Doncic with teammate Juan Toscano-Anderson nearby. Wiggins’ dunk over Doncic was originally ruled an offensive foul midway through the fourth quarter.

The Golden State Warriors took a 3-0 series lead and edged closer to a place in the NBA Finals thanks to a 109-100 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.

We gotta come out and win the game. "You have to win one more game, and that game isn't gonna be easy. "This was a great lesson learned from us ... this isn't the end," a defiant Kidd told reporters.

The Golden State Warriors are one win away from the NBA Finals after beating the Dallas Mavericks 109-100 in Game 3 on Sunday night.

Warriors are just a buzzsaw on both ends of the floor. — x - Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs)— x - Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) https://t.co/eIoO4IS4Yx pic.twitter.com/WfhTdML0VU May 23, 2022 my goodness what a dunk But with the Warriors comfortably in the driver's seat right now, it's not too early to start thinking about the next opponent on the calendar. A sweep is imminent on Tuesday folks. Golden State has been dominant through this entire series, and are now one win away from reaching its sixth NBA Finals in eight years. Finney-Smith had just nine points, while Kleber also finished with zero points on 0-5 from the field. When the Mavericks went down 0-2 in the conference semifinals against the Phoenix Suns, they responded with four of their five starters scoring in double figures to grab a Game 3 win. His steady production on both ends of the floor, which also included six offensive rebounds, is part of the reason Dallas is having such a miserable time at trying to guard this Warriors team. Wiggins has been outstanding for Golden State all series long, averaging over 20 points while also drawing the toughest defensive assignment in guarding Doncic on the other end of the floor. Led by a 31-point performance from Stephen Curry, and 27 points from Andrew Wiggins, Golden State once again asserted its dominance over Dallas to take a commanding 3-0 series lead. In fact that's better than any of the dunks we saw during the Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend earlier this season.

The Mavericks' Luka Doncic and Mark Cuban stared in disbelief after the Warriors' Andrew Wiggins had his poster dunk counted on review.

Davis said he was a fan of the Wiggins poster: Not everyone was celebrating in Dallas, however, as footage of Cuban and Doncic shows that they were shocked at the outcome. In disbelief, Warriors coach Steve Kerr called for a challenge almost immediately.

The Hall of Famer and current "Inside the NBA" analyst has gone back and forth with Warriors fans before and after each of the two Western Conference finals ...

Boston against Miami. I don't care who wins. "I don't care who wins. “Oh, I can buy into the [Warriors]," Barkley said on the " Ryen Russillo Podcast" prior to Game 2.

“Steph is the best-conditioned athlete in this game,” Dallas Mavericks Coach Jason Kidd said, after his first encounter with Curry in the Western Conference ...

He was a 20-point scorer so he knew how to put the ball in the basket, but he would be asked to do it a different way and balance with the rest of the guys. If the Warriors knock off the Mavericks, he’s in line to be the inaugural winner of the Magic Johnson Western Conference finals MVP award. Wiggins has left his disappointing Minnesota Timberwolves stint in the past, transforming into a pleasant surprise with the Warriors and a two-way force in these playoffs. The challenge now is to close out a series against a really good team and get back to an opportunity to win the Finals.” History will remember Curry for changing the sport with his unmatched shooting ability, but loyalty and self-assuredness are equally important to his legacy. Curry has never seriously hinted at wanting out of Golden State in 12 years, not even during the ugly lottery seasons of 2019-20 and 2020-21. Though other superstars have split from their running mates in search of a larger market or a bigger role, Curry has consistently morphed his game to empower those around him, rather than feeling threatened or adopting a territorial response. Late in a Game 2 win, he mouthed the words, “Night, night,” while hitting a dagger three, then tilted his head onto his two hands as if they were a pillow. Just two months after he sustained a foot injury that sidelined him for the final 12 games of the regular season, Curry has returned to full speed and guided the Warriors to the brink of their sixth NBA Finals appearance in the past eight years. Later, he isolated against Luka Doncic and tiptoed past Dallas’s 23-year-old headliner with a series of crossover moves to set up a pretty finger roll. Yet Curry is still going — a ball of constant motion, running and shooting and celebrating like the good old days. During a 109-100 Game 3 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, Curry launched a three-pointer and turned his back while the ball was still arcing toward the hoop, his silent sign that he already knew that it was going in.

The West playoffs have been stocked full of superstars and teams staking their claim on the NBA's future, but the league's most recent dynasty is far from ...

This is my first conference finals in the NBA." The Warriors tend to get stronger as the series wears on, while simultaneously exploiting weaknesses they unearth in their opponents. That is on pace to be their best such differential in any series under coach Steve Kerr -- better than 9.7 points they outscored the Houston Rockets by in the third quarters of the 2018 conference finals. There is one important figure from the Warriors dynasty Green left out of this analysis, of course. Sunday they made 68.8% of their layup and dunks. "It's more of an excitement that we can do it a different way." We left the space because Klay Thompson was out and then he was out again, and Andre [Iguodala] wasn't here. That seven-game series was far closer than this or any of their subsequent conference finals games. The Warriors won, as they did in three out of four Finals' matchups against James, by limiting everyone else. The Milwaukee Bucks won the title last season, while the Warriors were trying to groom their next generation of players to give their core another chance at reaching the biggest stage. But no team or organization have come close to supplanting the Warriors from their dynastic perch. "Toronto beat us, but no one really came and said, 'All right, the Golden State Warriors' time is up.'"

The Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks face off on Tuesday in Dallas in Game 4 of their NBA Playoffs series.

Tom Miller writes: "We have the Warriors (+1) as our best bet in this contest after analyzing all of the key stats and trends for this matchup. The Warriors didn't shoot as well as in the first two games of the series. The Warriors also added 12 more points in the paint. Tipico has no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent on or linked to the newsrooms or news coverage. Therefore, I'll take the Warriors to complete the sweep. Gannett may earn revenue from Tipico for audience referrals to betting services. Again, depth has been a problem for the Mavericks against the Warriors. In Game 3, Steph Curry added 31 points and 11 assists. Despite the Mavericks not turning the ball over much, the Warriors still had more shot attempts from the field. The Mavericks even had other production on the court other than Luka Doncic, with Spencer Dinwiddie and Jalen Brunson adding 20 or more points in the game. The Warriors pick each other up. Golden State is now 3-0 in the series and are currently one win away from making it to another Championship series. Jason Radowitz writes: "The Dallas Mavericks really would've liked to win Game 3.

Andrew Wiggins' big performance, Golden State's resolve on the road and more have the Warriors 1 win away from a Finals berth.

Even before Dallas’ upset over the top-seeded Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference semifinals, Kidd maintained that his team is at the beginning of a journey rather than the end. Doncic and Brunson scored more than half (60 points) of Dallas’ points, but the rest of the Mavericks went 12-for-40 in Game 3. “This is just the beginning of the journey,” he said. Andrew Wiggins posted his third double-double of the postseason, and his first career 20-10 playoff outing with a playoff career-high 27 points, 11 rebounds and three assists. The first-time All-Star is also making Doncic work harder than usual on both ends of the floor. Dallas tried early on, but it failed, as it finished the first half with 14 points in that area compared to 24 for the visitors. Doncic and Jalen Brunson consistently drove their way into the paint, and either got buckets or dished to teammates that misfired on solid looks on the perimeter. “When you look at the guys who scored, Spencer [Dinwiddie], LD (Luka Doncic) and JB (Jalen Brunson), that’s not enough against the Warriors.” Golden State lost the second quarter by just two points (25-23), but you probably didn’t realize that at one point Dallas owned a 19-8 advantage in that frame. Golden State responded with a 14-8 run, capped by Stephen Curry nailing a 23-foot jumper with 2:01 left in the first half. Doncic racked up a playoff career-high 21 points in the final frame, finishing with a game-high 40 points on 11-for-23 shooting overall and a 4-for-9 showing from 3-point range while logging 11 rebounds and three assists. We’ve talked exhaustively about the need for the guard to involve the rest of his teammates to help Dallas achieve success vs.

However, fast forward 12 months and Kevin Durant decided to leave in free agency and Klay Thompson blew out a knee during the 2019 NBA Finals (which the ...

Up 3-0 in the Western Conference Finals, the Warriors are now just one win away from resurrecting a dynasty that many believe was dead and gone. During the 2019-20 season, the Warriors were without Klay due to a knee injury and Steph only played in five games due to injuries. After the 2017-18 NBA season, the Golden State Warriors had completed one of the most impressive stretches in league history.

The Golden State Warriors are a bit preoccupied with their ongoing playoff run but it is never too early to start looking at the upcoming NBA Draft.

The Golden State Warriors are once again hoping to find a hidden gem somewhere in the back of the first round of the NBA Draft. They struck good fortune in 2020, landing the No. 2 overall pick and selecting James Wiseman. The Golden State Warriors are a bit preoccupied with their ongoing playoff run but it is never too early to start looking at the upcoming NBA Draft.

Grading Steph Curry, Andrew Wiggins, Klay Thompson, and the rest of the Golden State Warriors in the team's 109-100 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 3 ...

Forget about the efficiency, which the Warriors will take nine days a week. Save for the odd one-second defensive possession appearances, this was JTA’s first non-garbage time run these playoffs. The Golden State Warriors are in a lovely position. For the second straight game, Looney had 12 rebounds. The shots just weren’t falling. It showed some really impressive restraint. He was fired up. He was yelling. He was trash talking. To date, 146 teams have taken a 3-0 lead in a best-of-seven NBA series. "THAT IS A POSTER!"— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) pic.twitter.com/nkwgLi0KPk May 23, 2022 As always, we’ll grade weighting for our expectations of each player.