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So what are you going to do about it? Curry said. Hopefully, Game 2, it's about the game and how we play and making shots and the energy and intensity that we need to play with, knowing what's at stake, and that becomes the conversation for sure. Continue to Article

April 30, 2019 11:35:am EST

Warriors vs. Rockets Game 2 referees announced for NBA playoffs series originally appeared on nbcsportsbayarea.com After only one game of the Western Conference Semifinals, the referees have taken center stage in the Warriors vs. Rockets NBA playoffs series. And a referee that has plenty of history with both teams will be at Oracle Arena on Tuesday night for Game 2. Scott Foster, often criticized by the Warriors and Rockets, will be joined by Ed Malloy and Eric Lewis. Continue to Article

April 30, 2019 11:05:am EST

Golden State and Houston should be embarrassed. Steve Kerr, the Warriors' coach and about as classy an act as there is in the league, opened his media session Monday by pantomiming a flop on a reporter in the most thinly veiled jab he could possibly take at Houston's James Harden. Not long after that, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey just happened to tweet out a story from 2016 about Kerr complaining about calls and getting fined. Continue to Article

April 30, 2019 9:19:am EST

Chiquita Evans bounded on stage and began to tear up after hearing her name called at the second annual draft for NBA 2K League, the video game version of the professional basketball league. Evans' selection by Warriors Gaming, the 2K league's affiliate of the Golden State Warriors, was a major victory for female gamers, who are barely represented in professional e-sports leagues. Many top female players are eager to change gaming's male-dominated culture, even though some, like Evans, are still realizing the extent of the problem. Continue to Article

April 30, 2019 8:00:am EST

The Rockets are waging information warfare. After Houston's Game 1 loss to the Warriors – a game with plenty of officiating controversy – a study the Rockets conducted into their games against Golden State leaked. The result: Based on the NBA's own review of calls, referees cost Houston 93 points – including 18 points in Game 7 – during the Western Conference finals. Continue to Article

April 30, 2019 2:24:am EST