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SAN FRANCISCO The Warriors cut the deficit to five with under four minutes to go in the third quarter, only to see the Sacramento Kings respond with back-to-back 3-pointers.Steph Curry then scored six points in just over a minute in the fourth quarter, right before the Kings responded with a 9-3 run.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-- The Golden State Warriors knew they needed to win a game on the road to advance further into the postseason.So as they returned to Golden 1 Center, Stephen Curry said, "Might as well make it Game 5."
With the seconds ticking down Wednesday night, Curry received the ball from Draymond Green just inches over half-court.

(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Dennis Schroder had just picked up the dangerous Stephen Curry near halfcourt, the Lakers guard's eyes glued on the basketball the Warriors guard was dribbling.In a flash, Schroder reached with his right hand and poked the ball away from Curry, stealing it and waltzing in for a layup early in the second quarter.

SAN FRANCISCO The Warriors had nine seconds left to tie Game 1 back up.After a 14-0 run punctuated with a Steph Curry 3-pointer that erased a deep fourth quarter deficit, the Chase Center crowd had every reason to believe a victory was in reach.The Lakers had reclaimed the lead with a D'Angelo Russell driving layup and a free throw with plenty of time for a Warriors counter.

Steve Kerr's voice was clear.His pleas heard loud enough for those seated behind the Warriors bench at FedEx Forum to hear.Shoot the ball!Kerr's cries were directed at Jonathan Kuminga who the Memphis Grizzlies left wide open with the ball from 3. With no option for a pass for a better look, Kuminga took Kerr's advice and shot the ball from the top-left wing and hit it.

LOS ANGELES Meek Mill blared from the speakers in the gym of Mo Ostin Basketball Center on UCLA's campus Tuesday as players took turns taking shots after a long practice.Stephen Curry laid out on a trainers table in the corner, where he was receiving treatment after being seen putting up some shots of his own a small but promising development in his recovery from a leg injury.

To view the live updates on your mobile device click here.GAME 1: Lakers at Warriors at Chase Center, at 7 p.m. TV: TNT.Announcers: Brian Anderson (play-by-play), Stan Van Gundy (color commentary), Chris Haynes (sideline reporting).ODDS: Kings -1.OVER/UNDER: 230.(Both from Caesars Sportsbook.)SEASON SERIES: Lakers went 3-1 against the Warriors in the regular season.

SAN FRANCISCO Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo's comments earlier this week on how success and failure are viewed in professional sports and how everything's not always so black and white were right on the money.Asked in a postgame interview Wednesday following the top-seeded Bucks' first-round series loss to the eighth-seeded Miami Heat whether he viewed his team's season as a failure, Antetokounmpo snapped back and asked, Do you get a promotion every year, in your job?

Draymond Green is a basketball genius, and after watching Game 3 of the Warriors' first-round series with the Sacramento Kings at home, he came to a significant conclusion: He had been the problem when the Warriors lost the series' first two games.The Warriors' offense looked better when Green watched the game on TV.

SACRAMENTO When the going gets tough, the Warriors get going.And that's what was on display Wednesday night in Golden State's 123-116 win over the Sacramento Kings.The Warriors might've had one of the worst road records in the league this season.But Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson have won at least one road game in 27 consecutive playoff series entering this postseason.

SAN FRANCISCO The Warriors' title winners always knew where that proverbial switch was.They were just too polite to bring it up to openly acknowledge that knowledge.The 2022-23 Warriors might not be a squad built for league domination or supervillainy, but Golden State's core three players Steph Curry, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson are still a group that, under Steve Kerr, has never lost a Western Conference playoff series when all three players are healthy.

A high-scoring game was inevitable.And Warriors' road losses are becoming inevitable, too.The Warriors played without Draymond Green, who served his one-game suspension after earning his 16th technical foul against the Clippers.The Atlanta Hawks have one of the league's worst defensive ratings.Little resistance on either end resulted in a 127-119 Warriors loss at State Farm Arena on Friday.

DALLAS Andre Iguodala's playing career that has spanned 19 seasons, including his eight with the Warriors, might be coming to an end.Iguodala, 39, underwent surgery Monday to repair a broken left wrist, the team announced Tuesday night.He'll be reevaluated in four weeks, effectively ruling him out for the Warriors' final nine regular season games.

The streak is over.Eleven road losses in a row did not become 12.Ending the streak which lasted nearly two months is a reason for celebration for the Dubs.That was gross, Klay Thompson said of the losing streak.But so was the Warriors' win over the Rockets.The Warriors didn't win the game so much as the young Rockets lost it.

LOS ANGELES The hits keep coming for the Warriors.Already playing without Andrew Wiggins (family matter) and Gary Payton II (abdominal injury), Golden State will now be down its trusty elder statesman for the foreseeable future.Andre Iguodala is scheduled to have surgery on his broken left wrist next week, the team announced Wednesday afternoon.

OKLAHOMA CITY The Warriors have maintained the position that once they're healthy and full again, they'll have no issue turning their game up another notch.In fact, coach Steve Kerr reiterated that point the other day in pregame.We believe that if we are whole, we can beat anybody because we've proven it, Kerr said Tuesday.

OKLAHOMA CITY The Warriors have maintained the position that once they're healthy and full again, they'll have no issue turning their game up another notch.In fact, coach Steve Kerr reiterated that point the other day in pregame.We believe that if we are whole, we can beat anybody because we've proven it, Kerr said Tuesday.

MEMPHIS A rare Warriors' road win appeared to be within reach Saturday night.Despite playing catch up all night in Memphis, the Warriors had the game's momentum swing in their favor at periods in the second half.A reverse layup by Stephen Curry made it a two-point game early in the fourth.But the Warriors' shooting would go cold and the Grizzlies had their way.

Very few words here, moreso a collage of videos in a "Morning Coffee" format.Friday
Kicking things off with a question that got Scottie Barnes thinking.Jose Alvarado ended up being the Rising Stars MVP, but Barnes got him in the half court contest during practice.Andrew Nembhard may have had the best pass of the entire weekend.

The Los Angeles Lakers and the rest of the NBA have done it.They've reached the other side of the All-Star break, their lone gap in play in the season with all teams now regrouping and pushing forward to take on the remaining quarter of the season.There are a few teams around the league with headline-stealing storylines to look out for in these remaining games.

LOS ANGELES Klay Thompson will play in his first complete back-to-back set in almost four years Tuesday night.Thompson was absent from the team's injury report ahead of Tuesday's game against the Clippers.Coach Steve Kerr confirmed Thompson got the green light from the training staff for the Warriors' final game before the All-Star break.

SAN FRANCISCO Jordan Poole's recent struggles prompted coach Steve Kerr to pull him aside for a chat.The two sat against the back wall of the Warriors' practice gym Monday afternoon as a few players lingered on the courts to put in extra work after practice.The one-on-one conversation appeared from afar to flow between serious moments signaled by head nods and eye contact with some more light-hearted bits as the two exchanged smiles and laughs.

SAN FRANCISCO Stephen Curry could be cleared to play as soon as Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers, coach Steve Kerr said.Curry is getting close to receiving a thumbs up from the team's medical staff after he went through another scrimmage at Chase Center on Thursday morning.The Warriors star looked good by Kerr's standard, but is expected to be re-evaluated over the next couple of days.

The Lakers ' late-season push looks set to start off on the right foot...literally.Ahead of Thursday's return to action against the Warriors, LeBron James is listed as probable with left foot soreness.LeBron missed two of the last three games prior to the All-Star break with the same injury.For a number of reasons, this is an encouraging sign.

PORTLAND, Ore.-- Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson finds inspiration in a Kobe Bryant quote, "Greatness isn't just on the court, it's everything you do."It has shaped Thompson as a creature of habit when it comes to his game preparation.He goes through the same warmup routine each game -- the same one he has been doing for years.

LOS ANGELES Draymond Green isn't one for excuses, especially at this point in the season.That's why he was quick to squash the suggestion that the Warriors' underperformance at this stage of the season was the result of a proverbial championship hangover.Instead, he identified the team's lack of effort on defense as being a major culprit in the team's shortcomings.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and forward Andre Iguodala are probable to make their respective returns from injury Sunday afternoon as the Warriors face the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.comArena.Curry has missed the Warriors' past 11 games after sustaining a left lower leg injury against the Dallas Mavericks on Feb. 4.