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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry was ruled out of Golden State’s next game against the Charlotte Hornets but it is not clear when the NBA star will return, the team said Tuesday. Curry limped off court after Golden State’s dramatic win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday after twisting his right ankle. The Warriors ace later left the arena on crutches, although an X-ray taken soon after the game came back negative. The […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The NBA champion Golden State Warriors were firing on all cylinders Friday in a 133-112 victory over the Orlando Magic in Florida. The banged-up Warriors, with Stephen Curry nursing a painful bruised finger, Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson battling troublesome ankles and David West suffering from a sore left knee, nevertheless proved more than a match for the Magic. Thompson scored 27 points, while Durant connected on 10 of […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry scored 13 of his 28 points in overtime as the NBA champion Golden State Warriors edged the Lakers 127-123 in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Curry struggled from three-point range for much of the night, going one-of-seven from beyond the arc before starting overtime with back-to-back three-pointers. That put the Warriors up 115-109, and two days after their shock defeat by the Sacramento Kings, they held on for […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant insists he is unfazed by the prospect of facing his former team as the NBA champions prepare to take on Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. Durant, who is battling to recover from a left ankle sprain, left Oklahoma City for Golden State after eight seasons in 2016. In his return to Oklahoma City last season, Durant put up 40 points, and blocked out […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry scored a season-high 39 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and passed out seven assists before fouling out Sunday as the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors won 118-111 at Brooklyn. A day after rallying from a 24-point deficit to beat Philadelphia, the Warriors surged ahead by as many as 28 points early in the second half before the Nets battled back and Curry was out for the last […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Kyrie Irving ditched his plastic mask and scored 11 of his 16 points in the final five minutes, sparking the Boston Celtics over Golden State 92-88 Thursday in a showdown of the NBA’s top teams. Rallying from a 17-point deficit in the third quarter, the Celtics stretched their win streak to 14 games, their longest since a 14-game run in November and December of 2010 and five shy of […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Klay Thompson scored 27 points as the Golden State Warriors recovered from an early mauling to score a 112-92 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday. A stormy encounter between the two Western Conference big guns saw Warriors coach Steve Kerr lose his cool on the sidelines before Spurs counterpart Gregg Popovich was ejected late in the game. Popovich was tossed in the fourth quarter after picking up a second […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry was fined $50,000 but has escaped a suspension for hurling his mouthguard at a game official, the NBA said on Monday. Curry was ejected after the flashpoint late in the fourth quarter of the Warriors’ 111-101 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. The 29-year-old point guard could be seen tossing his mouthpiece after a disputed call. Team-mate Andre Iguodala was fined $15,000 for verbally abusing […]
by Jim Slater Agence Fracne Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Kevin Durant barely had a chance to grip his first NBA championship trophy in Golden State’s victory celebration last June before rival clubs were moving to challenge the Warriors “superteam” for supremacy. Now the NBA’s 72nd season opens Tuesday with a fistful of clubs having assembled three or more stars, uniting to stop Durant, 3-point sharpshooters Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson and forward Draymond […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — The Golden State Warriors announced on Tuesday they had finalized a raft of free agent deals, including Stephen Curry’s contract reportedly worth a whopping $201 million. The Warriors did not release terms of their deals with Curry, Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston, Zaza Pacuhlia and David West. But Curry’s agent told ESPN back on July 1 that the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player had agreed to terms on […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Guard Nick Young, a free agent since declining a player option with the Los Angeles Lakers, is headed to the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors. “Congratulations to @NickswagyPYoung on your new contract with the @warriors! We are so happy for you!” a tweet from Priority Sports, the agency that represents Young, said Wednesday. Young, 32, was the 16th overall selection in the 2007 NBA draft. He spent the past […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors have agreed on a two-year contract worth about $53 million in a move that comes two days after they came to terms with superstar Stephen Curry. Durant, who is an unrestricted free agent, will have a player option on the second year, American sports broadcaster ESPN reported on Monday. The 28-year-old Durant is expected to have an annual salary of between $25 […]
