Clippers forward Derrick Jones Jr. tries to stop Warriors guard Dennis Schroder in the first half of the Clippers’ 102-92 win Friday at the Intuit Dome. Norman Powell scored 24 points and the Clippers held on to beat the slumping Golden State Warriors for the third time this season, 102-92 on Friday night. Takeaways Clippers guard Norman Powell, left, tries …
HOUSTON — Maybe the largest strategic question mark about this Warriors team is whether it has enough secondary shot creation around Steph Curry to generate offense at the tensest moments when its movement action slows. The Warriors identified Jalen Green as Houston’s weak link and called for a screen to get him on a switch for Kuminga. Here’s the first: …
All things great, small, expensive and world-shaking are always under consideration for Joe Lacob’s Warriors, especially when the team is in a bit of flux and one more superstar next to Stephen Curry might mean all the difference between a Play-In struggle and another championship run. “You really can’t have this kind of payroll in the future without being severely …
DENVER — Jonathan Kuminga pulled his black sweater with bleached accents down his torso until it rested atop his black pants. It’s like, ‘What they want me to do?’ I can pass and I can do different s—.” The Warriors’ win streak would be six games if not for Curry’s Christmas curse. Though Monday was one of Wiggins’ better games, …
Andrew Wiggins slammed his right ring finger in a car door on Thursday morning. So that left the wobbling Warriors with Cory Joseph, Brandin Podziemski, Klay Thompson, Jonathan Kuminga and Dario Šarić to open Thursday’s fourth quarter protecting a seven-point lead while Steph Curry and Draymond Green grabbed a breather. Very happy for him.” Steve Kerr called tonight Jonathan Kuminga’s …