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After a record-setting night of 3-pointers for Golden State, coach Steve Kerr's focus was more on deficiencies at the other end of the court that nearly cost his team a game against an undermanned opponent. Klay Thompson scored 40 points and Stephen Curry added 33 as the Splash Brothers combined for 14 3-pointers in all in a 128-120 victory Friday night over a Dallas Mavericks team missing Dirk Nowitzki and two other starters. Thompson and Curry made sure it didn't matter. Continue to Article

March 26, 2016 2:11:am EST

How the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors compare to the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, who set the NBA single-season record with 72 wins. Continue to Article

March 26, 2016 12:59:am EST

There's been a recent trend circulating around the NBA in recent years. Resting players has become a common occurrence around the final stretch of the regular season, and it would be wise for the Raptors to follow the trend. It started out in 2012, when Spurs coach Gregg Popovich decided to rest his top players in a marquee matchup out of nowhere against the Miami Heat. San Antonio and Pop got fined for that decision , but other teams still took a page out of the Spurs' book and this has become a regular occurence in the League today. The #NBA has fined the San Antonio #Spurs $250,000 for resting their players in last night's loss to the Miami #Heat . — Sportsnet590 The FAN (@FAN590) November 30, 2012 The issue at the time was the fact that fans paid big bucks to attend a highly-anticipated game. Without the likes of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green, that matchup was a one-sided affair, and fans were upset about not getting their money's worth for the tickets they paid. Stern: "I apologize to all NBA fans. This was an unacceptable decision by the ... Spurs and substantial sanctions will be forthcoming.” — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) November 30, 2012 Since then, resting players has been a strategy teams use heading into the postseason rather than risk their stars getting hurt. Injuries are a team's worst enemy and can be the defining factor in winning a series and advancing to the next round of the playoffs. Kyle Lowry was subject to fatigue come playoff time last year, and John Wall ran circles around the Raptors point guard the entire series. Lowry had already begun to run out of gas at the tail-end of the regular season, and averaged a paltry 12.3 ppg, 5.5 boards and just 4.8 assists. Lowry didn't like what happened, took it upon himself to avoid that from happening again, and took part in a now famous offseason body trnsformation. Continue to Article

March 25, 2016 5:00:pm EST