Playing Poole with Steph, Klay could unlock Warriors' offense

Ja Morant is a fan of Steph's "goodnight" celebration against the Dallas Mavericks

Steph Curry put the Dallas Mavericks to bed on Friday night. Down by as many as 19 points, Curry fueled the Warriors’ furious 126-117 comeback win and inserted the dagger into Dallas' hopes with a game-sealing 3-pointer with 36.2 seconds left to go up 2-0 in the Western Conference finals.

Charles Barkley has been a villain in the Bay Area for the better part of two decades. It began in 2007 when he dissed the city of Oakland after the Warriors upset the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks. In the early days of the Warriors' dynasty, Barkley refused to believe a core of "jump shooters" like Steph Curry and Klay Thompson could bring home an NBA championship.

Opposing defenders usually are the ones trying to avoid getting burned by Steph Curry, not the other way around. Before the start of the 2021-22 NBA season, Warriors guard Gary Payton II was fighting his way onto Golden State's roster. Eventually claiming the final spot after previously being cut, Payton quickly became an important piece off the bench for the Warriors and a spark plug that would prove to be invaluable in big moments.

If the Warriors' series against the Dallas Mavericks is anything like the team's previous six-game bout against the Memphis Grizzlies, Golden State is in for an exhausting battle. After the Warriors' 112-87 blowout win over the Mavericks in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals at Chase Center, Steph Curry...

The Warriors will continue the march towards the NBA Finals without two of their best wing defenders as Gary Payton II and Andre Iguodala remain sidelined due to injuries. Golden State provided updates on both players Friday, roughly two hours before tipoff of Game 2 of the Western Conference finals against the Dallas Mavericks at Chase Center.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Third-Quarter Warriors stole the show for the umpteenth time Friday night at Chase Center in their wild comeback win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals. Down by as many as 19 points in the second quarter, the Warriors trailed by the Mavs by 14 going into halftime before finding their superpowers and coming out of the locker room with invisible capes.

The Warriors came from 19 points down to take a 2-0 lead with a 126-117 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on Friday, and NBA Twitter was ablaze. Golden State, like it has often done in these playoffs, got off to a slow...

Chris Paul‘s play this postseason has inspired plenty of beef. Between Patrick Beverley and Paul? No surprise. Between J.J. Redick and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo? Their job is to argue on ESPN. Between Bob Cousy and Redick? That one I didn’t see coming. While debating Russo...

The Warriors find themselves seven wins away from hoisting their fourth Larry O'Brien Trophy in the last eight seasons. And they've done so despite on and off struggles from their biggest stars. The Warriors' 112-87 thumping of the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Wednesday...

Playoff series usually get chirpier the deeper they go, and that apparently extends to fans as well. After Luka Dončić drained a deep 3-pointer to put the Dallas Mavericks ahead 72-58 at halftime of Game 2 against the Warriors on Friday, he had some words with a Warriors fan on the baseline while walking back to the locker room.

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat threw the first punch with their Game 1 win, but the Boston Celtics delivered a haymaker of their own in Game 2. The Celtics evened the Eastern Conference Finals series at one game apiece with a dominant 127-102 victory on Thursday night. Boston led by as many as 34 points and after a slow start to the game, was on cruise control for the final 40 minutes.

Once again, the Boston Celtics bounced back from a loss this postseason to improve to 4-0 following a setback. You think Deuce Tatum was going to miss out on the aftermath in the locker room?. Following Boston's 127-102 win over the Miami Heat to even the Eastern Conference Finals at...

The Warriors are two wins away from the NBA Finals after beating the Dallas Mavericks 126-117 in Game 2 on Friday at Chase Center, and if history has its way, their odds of finishing it off are very good. Teams that go up 2-0 in the conference finals are 55-6...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Time to open the undefeated Book of Clichés. That, folks, was a tale of two halves. The Warriors, as they have done all season long -- and for years now -- came out of halftime as a revitalized team, outlasting the Dallas Mavericks 126-117 in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on Friday night at Chase Center. Through the first 24 minutes, that seemed like an impossible sentence to write. Once again, the Warriors reminded us to never doubt them, no matter how tempting it might be.

It would be more than understandable if Gary Payton II held a grudge against Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks. It was Brooks who fouled Payton hard in the first quarter of Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals, vicious contact that resulted in an ejection and one-game suspension for Brooks and a fractured left elbow for Payton.

MVP chants broke out at Chase Center on Friday, but they weren’t for Steph Curry. Kevon Looney stepped up to the free-throw line toward the end of the third quarter of the Warriors’ Game 2 matchup against the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference finals when something strange happened.

Another NBA playoff team fell victim to the Warriors’ fancy on-court footwork at Chase Center -- this time during the Western Conference finals. Jordan Poole and Steph Curry went viral earlier this month with a do-si-do-like maneuver during their second-round playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies, a play coach Steve Kerr said has been in Golden State’s arsenal since 2014.

The line between keeping it honest and being disrespectful in the NBA media world no longer exists, according to Matt Barnes. The former Warriors player and current ESPN analyst has been firing back at Patrick Beverley after the Minnesota Timberwolves guard criticized Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul for his poor performance in Game 7 against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday in clips that went viral.

Wingspan: 6-8 2021/22 stats: 31 G, 19.7 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.2 spg, 0.7 bpg, 42.7 FG% (6.8/15.9), 30.6 3PT% (1.2/3.9), 79.1 FT% (5.0/6.3) Projections: NBC Sports Washington 8th, Ringer 8th, Athletic 14th, ESPN 10th, NBADraft.net 7th, Bleacher Report 9th. 5 things to know:. - Davis is a big,...