Dalton Johnson

4 days ago | nbcsportsbayarea.com | Dalton Johnson

The 2025 NBA Finals have been set, with the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder representing the Western Conference, and the No. 4 seed Indiana Pacers coming out of the Eastern Conference. Each team took different paths to get here. The Thunder made their first Finals appearance since a young Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden led them there in 2012. The Pacers’ run has been 25 years in the making, last getting this far in 2000 behind the duo of Reggie Miller and Jalen Rose.

1 week ago | nbcsportsbayarea.com | Dalton Johnson

Since Kevin Durant’s departure in the summer of 2019, the Warriors have searched and been connected to a number of stars and big names around the NBA. The conference finals currently feature a few, such as Indiana Pacers forward Pascal Siakam and New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby. Add Pacers center Myles Turner to the mix, too.

2 weeks ago | nbcsportsbayarea.com | Dalton Johnson

SAN FRANCISCO – Offense often took a backseat in the fifth chapter of Steph Curry and the Warriors being the Houston Rockets’ Grim Reaper in the playoffs. A seven-game series featured four in which a team failed to score 100 points, and only two where a team scored more than 110 points. The Warriors were outscored in both those games. Physicality became the featured word for the series, far more often than anything that had to do with shooting.

2 weeks ago | nbcbayarea.com | Dalton Johnson

SAN FRANCISCO – Offense often took a backseat in the fifth chapter of Steph Curry and the Warriors being the Houston Rockets’ Grim Reaper in the playoffs. A seven-game series featured four in which a team failed to score 100 points, and only two where a team scored more than 110 points. The Warriors were outscored in both those games. Physicality became the featured word for the series, far more often than anything that had to do with shooting.

2 weeks ago | nbcsportsbayarea.com | Dalton Johnson

The conference finals are set, and the Warriors will be watching like the rest of us. An injured Steph Curry saw the Warriors drop four straight games to the Minnesota Timberwolves to end their season. Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green and Co. couldn’t get the job done for who Steve Kerr called the sun of their solar system. There were never-ending storylines this season, and playoff basketball at Chase Center with another star next to Curry. Telling the story of the 2024-25 Warriors would take hours.