The Spurs put up a fight without Kawhi Leonard, Tony Parker, or (eventually) David Lee. But the Warriors remain the Warriors, and Golden State won Game 3 in San Antonio by double digits. Kevin Durant put the game in the Warriors’ control with a brilliant third quarter. It made Kawhi quite sad.
When do the NBA Finals start?
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Meanwhile, Isaiah Thomas’s season is over two games early. His hip injury has knocked him out of the conference finals, where the Cavaliers will try to take a 3-0 lead on Sunday (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT).
Speaking of the Cavaliers: Here’s a Paul Flannery classic in this week’s Sunday Shootaround on whether LeBron is better than ever. Plus: five numbers showing LeBron’s incredible power, takeaways from the NBA Draft Lottery, and more. Check it out.
To answer the headline question, by the way: The NBA Finals don’t begin until June 1. Sorry.
Mark Jackson shares a little too much about how he’d react to having Kevin Durant on his roster.
One of the joys of the Warriors is how utterly disrespectful their bench has become while reacting to on-court action. Here, Draymond Green puts Davis Bertans on his tail, and so the Warriors mimic it 20 feet away.
Totally fascinating story from Tom Haberstroh on LeBron’s free-throw issues this season.
Zito Madu tells Celtics fans that they’ll have their superteam soon enough.
Enes Kanter’s Turkish passport was revoked recently, which caused the big man to be detained at a Romanian airport on Saturday and refused entry. (He’s been traveling for youth basketball camps.) Kanter is a vocal critic of the Erdogan regime. He’s apparently on his way back to the United States now.
That moment when the Romphim jumped the shark.
The NBA’s 10 favorite restaurants, as determined by Kevin Arnovitz.
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