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Joe Kaiser offers three reasons the San Antonio Spurs should win their semifinal series against the Golden State Warriors.

Story | Conversation | May 14, 2013

Jeff Faraudo of The Oakland Tribune: In a game where neither team shot even 40 percent, Warriors coach Mark Jackson pointed to a player who scored just five points as "a game-changer." Center Andrew Bogut, limited by first-half foul trouble, delivere...

When the Warriors lost David Lee to what the team assumed was a season-ending injury in the team's first playoff game, I was skeptical that Golden State would be able to reconstruct its offense on the fly against an opponent devoting nearly 100 perce...

Who have been the best performers in the playoffs so far? We're keeping track.

Story | Conversation | May 09, 2013

Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE/Getty ImagesStephen Curry set the NBA record with 272 3-pointers this season, and has kept it up in the playoffs.The only California team left in the NBA playoffs is the Golden State Warriors, who take on the San Antonio Spurs...

Our 5-on-5 panel breaks down the Western Conference semifinals matchup between the Spurs and Warriors.

Amin Elhassan and Bradford Doolittle break down the Golden State Warriors-San Antonio Spurs semifinal NBA playoff matchup with expert scouting and advanced statistical analysis.

Story | Conversation | May 05, 2013

On today's show, The Basketball Jones discuss Andrew Bogut's impact, Steph Curry's third quarter, the David Lee card, the Nuggets' 3-point shooting, Andray Clutche, the shorthanded (vomiting) Bulls, jump balls, KAAAAAAAAAAAAAHN!, players who've impre...

Who have been the best performers in the playoffs so far? We're keeping track.

Story | Conversation | May 03, 2013

Stephen Curry scored 22 points to go with eight assists, Andrew Bogut broke out with the best performance of his injury-saddled season and the Golden State Warriors eliminated the Denver Nuggets with a 92-88 victory in Game 6 on Thursday.

Here are seven of the biggest surprises of the first round.

Story | Conversation | May 01, 2013

Mark Kiszla of The Denver Post: One cheap shot can change everything. The mojo in this NBA playoff series turned decidedly back in the favor of the Nuggets when Golden State center Andrew Bogut turned into a coward and went for the throat of Kenneth ...

Point guard Stephen Curry is in Golden State's starting lineup for Game 3 against the Denver Nuggets on Friday night despite a sprained left ankle.

David Lee is a punch line, mostly because of his poor defense, but his ability to do just about everything on offense has made him a core part of a Warriors team that has won by scoring like hell, surviving on defense, and cleaning the glass. Now he'...

David Lee has worked for eight seasons to be in the NBA playoffs. The last time he even attended a postseason game was between the Bulls and Wizards in Chicago before the 2005 draft.

The San Antonio Spurs are resting up for the playoffs, even if it costs a couple of regular-season wins.