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The NBA suspended Warriors minority owner Mark Stevens one year and fined him $500,000 for pushing Raptors star Kyle Lowry during Game 3 of the Finals. That might not be the only consequence. Dylan Byers of NBC: Maybe this will go as easily as this report indicates. Continue to Article

June 07, 2019 9:56:am EST

TRENDING: Blues take controversial victory in Boston, 3-2 Stanley Cup lead ..... Check out the Patriots' not-at-all-garish sixth Super Bowl rings ..... Coach K's latest Duke recruit? Mark Stevens, the Golden State Warriors part-owner who — for some ridiculous, egotistical, head-up-his-[expletive] reason — decided he had the freedom to curse at and shove Toronto's Kyle Lowry during Game 3 of the NBA Finals, has been suspended for a year and fined half a million dollars. Perhaps he's a guy who invested wisely and now thinks the fact that he's got money, a courtside seat, and team ownership gives him the right to act like a total [same expletive as above]. Continue to Article

June 07, 2019 8:18:am EST

Stevens' behavior was despicable enough for the Warriors to issue a statement of apology Thursday morning, followed several hours later by the NBA's decision to fine Stevens $500,000 and also ban him from NBA games for one year. Predictably, Stevens on Thursday afternoon issued his own statement: "I take full responsibility for my actions last night at the NBA Finals and am embarrassed by what transpired. What I did was wrong and there is no excuse for it. Continue to Article

June 06, 2019 11:23:pm EST

Programming note: Watch the NBA Finals pregame edition of Warriors Outsiders on Friday at 4 p.m., streaming live on the MyTeams app. About 30 minutes before the opening tip of Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Warriors announced that Klay Thompson would not play. After the Warriors' 123-109 loss to the Toronto Raptors, Golden State head coach Steve Kerr was asked if that's when the team officially determined that the five-time All-Star was going to remain on the sideline. Continue to Article

June 06, 2019 10:01:pm EST

Golden State star forward Kevin Durant will miss game four of the NBA Finals on Friday with a right calf injury, but guard Klay Thompson will return, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Thursday. "My body feels really good and that extra night of rest really helped," Thompson said. Two-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Durant, the team's leading playoff scorer with 32.5 points a game, did not have a setback, Kerr said, but trainers will not clear him for scrimmage work before Friday or Saturday. Continue to Article

June 06, 2019 8:16:pm EST