Evan Webeck

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Evan Webeck

Stephen Curry inserted the dagger with 2:55 to play and Buddy Hield twisted it in the hearts of the Houston Rockets on the next possession. After three tries and a hard-fought Game 7, the Warriors are moving on, and while that became clear when Curry sank a step-back 3 to put them up by 17, it was only fitting that Hield was the one who put a bow on the 103-89 win Sunday night.

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Evan Webeck

SAN FRANCISCO — If you’re a Warriors fan seeking solace after the team failed to finish off the Houston Rockets for a second straight try Friday night, setting up a winner-take-all Game 7 less than 48 hours later, consider Stephen Curry’s perspective. “I mean, thankfully we have another game to play. We did our work early in the series. Gives us some cushion,” Curry said after a 115-107 home loss that sends the series back to Houston on Sunday.

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Evan Webeck

SAN FRANCISCO — The shoes were about five sizes too big. Gregg Popovich didn’t care. “He wore them to the first game we played them,” Draymond Green said Friday after the longtime San Antonio Spurs coach announced his retirement. Asked about Popovich following the Warriors’ Game 6 loss to the Rockets, the Golden State star was so eager to pay his respects that he cut off the reporter’s question and got emotional while discussing their relationship.

2 weeks ago | santacruzsentinel.com | Evan Webeck

Warriors draw on experience as Rockets series returns to San Francisco In run to NBA championship in 2022, Warriors lost Game 5 to Memphis in blowout fashion, then closed out Grizzlies at home in Game 6

2 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Evan Webeck

“They weren’t playing ‘Whoop That Trick,’” Draymond Green smirked, “but they may as well have been.”The Warriors fell behind by as many as 31 points in the 131-116 loss, but there’s a reason why they’re not panicking as the series shifts back to San Francisco. They’ve been here before. “Yeah, similar vibe,” coach Steve Kerr said of Wednesday’s loss, drawing on a comparison to another recent potential closeout Game 5 his squad lost badly on the road.