Game 3 Preview: Golden State Warriors vs. Portland Trail Blazers

Dennis Chambers examines Golden State’s stranglehold on this series heading into Game 3.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Warriors May Sit Kevin Durant for Game 3

NBA source: Durant will miss tonight obviously, is day-to-day, and there is a chance the Warriors hold him out for Game 3, also. Source: Tim Kawakami of San Jose Mercury News on Twitter

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Durant Questionable For Game Two Against Blazers

Wednesday night’s Game 2 of their first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers because of a strained left calf. Durant experienced some cramping during Sunday’s Game 1, a 121-109 win in which Durant finished with 32 points and 10 rebounds. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Durant didn’t practice on Tuesday, noting, “If he didn’t practice, […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Game 2 Preview: Golden State Warriors vs. Portland Trail Blazers

After controlling the fourth quarter of Game 1, Golden State is poised for an easier Game 2 win, writes Dennis Chambers.

Alan Draper  •  09 Oct 2023
NBA AM: The Game 1 Awards

Most NBA teams played one playoff game, but here are the postseason’s top performers in the first weekend.

Alan Draper  •  11 Oct 2023
Damian Lillard Takes Green’s Trash Talk as ‘Challenge’

The first-round playoff matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers is almost certain to be a high-scoring series, and it also appears it will be a trash-talking series. Warriors forward Draymond Green, known for being verbally provocative, had a few verbal confrontations with Trail Blazers guards Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum in […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Game 1 Preview: Golden State Warriors vs. Portland Trail Blazers

Dennis Chambers previews Game 1 between the Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Lillard Confident Blazers Can Win Series Versus Warriors

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard told ESPN that his “lighthearted” response predicting an upset of the Golden State Warriors in six games in the first round of the playoffs has spiraled out of control. “I was asked in six or seven [games], and I said six. It was a lighthearted exchange,” Lillard told ESPN […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Kevin Durant: ‘I don’t plan on going anywhere else’

Kevin Durant has no intentions to host another nauseating round of free agency pitch meetings with desperate suitors in the Hamptons. Durant is set to become a free agent once again this summer, but this decision will be fairly simple: He will remain with the Golden State Warriors. “I haven’t even thought about it that […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021