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By Mark Medina | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: January 22, 2019 at 2:26 am | UPDATED: January 22, 2019 at 4:40 am LOS ANGELES – Normally, Stephen Curry will appear in the highlight reels for one simple reason. He often makes 3-pointers from almost any distance. In the Warriors’ 130-111 victory over the Lakers on Monday, though, Curry will appear on the highlights because of what he called “back-to-back hilarious plays.” First, Curry ran the court on the fast-break, only to slip on the floor before he could finish at the rim. Curry stood up immediately. Teammate Andre Iguodala retrieved the loose ball. Curry received an open look from 3. Airball. Did Curry’s blooper stem from the Kings playing a hockey game here beforehand? “I have no idea,” Curry said. “A kid walked into a candy store with the whole half-court empty. I was going to try something real nice that I hadn’t tried before. The Lord … [Read more...] about How did Warriors react to Stephen Curry’s slipup in win over Lakers?

By Gary Peterson | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: January 15, 2019 at 1:20 pm | UPDATED: January 15, 2019 at 9:08 pm History is written by the winners — and not always fact-checked. For instance: In March 2012, the Warriors traded guard Monta Ellis to the Milwaukee Bucks for center Andrew Bogut. The narrative arising from that transaction goes a little something like this: It was a brilliant gambit, the first of several ingenious moves that catapulted the Warriors to a series of NBA titles. The Warriors finished 20 games under .500 in 2011-12. But the following season, with Bogut at center and Stephen Curry taking over the point guard position from the departed Ellis, the Warriors won 47 games and reached the playoffs for just the second time in 19 seasons. The next season: 51 wins and a postseason berth. The next four seasons: Three parades from the franchise that re-invented basketball. It was somewhere in the parade of parades that Warriors … [Read more...] about Years after the fact, Stephen Curry trade rumor takes a curtain call