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It’s been a strange year for NBA awards. Incumbent winners from Golden State, however, feel oddly removed from the whole process, yet notably verbal. The Warriors once again have the NBA’s best record, but voter fatigue, a rash of deserved candidates and the team’s own 2016 postseason disappointments have Steve Kerr and Stephen Curry’s respective 2016 Coach of the Year and MVP awards looking somewhat distant in scope in comparison to what James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Erik Spoelstra or Gregg Popovich could grab this season in corresponding categories. Continue to Article

March 29, 2017 3:13:pm EST

Stephen Curry scored 32 points, Klay Thompson had 25 and the Golden State Warriors built a big lead early and held on for a 113-106 win over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night. The Warriors scored 37 points in the first quarter and never trailed on the way to their eighth straight victory and 60th this season. Golden State led by eight after a pair of free throws by Curry with just over three minutes left. Continue to Article

March 28, 2017 11:00:pm EST

The practice of NBA teams choosing to periodically rest healthy star players in hopes of reducing the likelihood that those marquee talents will suffer fatigue-related injuries, or just flat-out play worse late in the season/in the playoffs because they’re tired from the 82-game grind, has become a hotly debated topic of late. The superstar guard has missed just one game in the last three seasons — and even missed only one practice this season, according to ESPN’s Calvin Watkins — suiting up to lead the Houston Rockets’ high-octane attack come hell or high water, night in and night out. “Yeah, because you’re not leaving your teammates out there to dry, ” Harden said Tuesday morning, before the Rockets’ game against the Warriors. Continue to Article

March 28, 2017 5:10:pm EST

HOUSTON (AP) -- Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander has donated a combined $4 million to 20 charities in Houston. Continue to Article

March 27, 2017 4:59:pm EST