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The Cavaliers and Warriors are among 17 teams who will participate in the NBA 2K eSports league that will debut in 2018. Along with the Cavs and Warriors, who won the last two NBA titles, eight other teams that made the postseason were chosen Thursday to compete in the first eSports league operated by one of the four major pro sports leagues in the U.S. Plans for the league, in which gamers will compete while representing actual NBA teams, were announced in February by the NBA and Take-Two Interactive Software. Continue to Article

May 04, 2017 9:49:am EST

Entering the 2017 NBA Playoffs as overwhelming favorites to win the Western Conference for a third straight year, the Golden State Warriors have only enhanced the belief that they will cruise to the NBA Finals. Anyone that picked the Warriors to win the title has to be feeling pretty confident with their prediction through the first few weeks of the postseason. Golden State swept the Portland Trail Blazers with an average margin of victory of 18 points in the first round, and they defeated the Jazz by 12 points in the series opener. Continue to Article

May 04, 2017 9:14:am EST

Salt Lake City tourism officials playfully jabbed back at Golden State Warriors players who bemoaned the lack of nightlife in Utah, hoping to combat the predominantly Mormon state's reputation as a boring place where it's tough to get a drink. The tourism agency in the state capital launched a new website and video Monday titled, ''There's nothing to do in Salt Lake'' that features people enjoying drinks and food at popular breweries, bars, restaurants and sporting venues. Scott Beck, president of Visit Salt Lake, sent a letter to the Warriors to accompany the video, saying the city can't wait to host the 2015 NBA champions as they face the Utah Jazz in the Western Conference semifinals this weekend. Continue to Article

May 03, 2017 5:04:pm EST

Salt Lake City leaders and tourism officials playfully jabbed back at Golden State Warriors players who bemoaned the lack of nightlife in Utah, hoping to combat the predominantly Mormon state’s reputation as a boring place where it’s tough to get a drink. The tourism agency in the state capital launched a new website and video Monday titled, “There’s nothing to do in Salt Lake” that features people enjoying drinks and food at popular breweries, bars, restaurants and sporting venues. Scott Beck, president of Visit Salt Lake, sent a letter to the Warriors to accompany the video, saying the city can’t wait to host the 2015 NBA champions as they face the Utah Jazz in the Western Conference semifinals this weekend. Continue to Article

May 03, 2017 4:02:pm EST

Damian Lillard. (Getty Images) On Tuesday, Portland Trail Blazers franchise player Damian Lillard won the Pro Basketball Writers Association’s Magic Johnson Award, handed out since 2001 to recognize “the player who best combines excellence on the basketball Continue to Article

May 03, 2017 3:54:pm EST