SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry seemed every bit himself after a four-month layoff, save for a little long-range rust. “He looks exactly the same to me,” coach Steve Kerr said. Curry scored 23 points for Golden State in his anticipated return from a broken left hand, but the Toronto Raptors...
Some of 2019's Most Memorable Games Decided by Blown Calls
The New Orleans Saints looked around in disbelief, searching for a yellow flag that never came during the NFL playoffs. The Auburn Tigers were sure they'd get the ball after a Virginia player appeared to double-dribble in the closing seconds of a thrilling Final Four game, but the refs let...
Raptors End Lakers' 7-Game Winning Streak in 113-104 Victory
LOS ANGELES — The centerpiece of the Toronto Raptors' championship team works at Staples Center now. Two more key components of last season's sublime roster got injured right before the Raptors arrived in Los Angeles for the reunion. In the opening weeks of life after Kawhi, the defending champs are...
Thanks to Warriors (Ouch), Everyone Can Get a Free Taco Today
For Golden State Warriors fans, it's an unsavory consolation prize for a painful NBA Finals. For everyone else: Hey, free taco! Tuesday is the day everyone in North America — that includes Canada, Toronto Raptors fans — can get a free Doritos Locos Taco at a participating Taco Bell fast-food restaurant....
Raptors Earn First NBA Title, Top Injured Warriors
OAKLAND — Kawhi Leonard raised his arms high in triumph and celebrated Canada's first NBA championship. "We the North!" is now "We the Champs!" Leonard and the Toronto Raptors captured the country's first major title in 26 years with their most remarkable road win yet in the franchise's NBA Finals...
Analysis: Even Being Injured Durant Leads Free-Agent Pack
OAKLAND — This was already going to be a summer filled with fireworks in the NBA. Nothing has changed. Kevin Durant's Achilles injury, the severity of which isn't yet confirmed, means he probably won't be able to play much — if any — next season. But this is a testament...
Analysis: Golden State Won, but Both Teams Lost Game 5
TORONTO — The scoreboard said Golden State 106, Toronto 105. The reality was that both teams lost. It's almost unimaginable: an NBA Finals game where neither team felt like celebrating afterward. That was the bizarre reality on Monday night, after the Warriors staved off elimination by rallying in the final...
Raptors 1 Win Away from Title. Will They Face Warriors' Durant?
TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors can win their first championship and end Golden State's quest for three in a row with one more victory. The Raptors can do it Monday night in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, when Kevin Durant could play for the first time in the series . Warriors coach...
Warriors Investor Who Shoved Lowry Banned for a Year, Fined $500,000
OAKLAND — Toronto guard Kyle Lowry wanted the Golden State Warriors' executive who shoved him during an NBA Finals game ousted from the league. The NBA decided a one-year ban and $500,000 fine is enough for now. Mark Stevens, a Warriors' investor and a member of the team's executive board,...
Fan Who Shoved Lowry in Game 3 Is Warriors' Investor
OAKLAND — The fan that shoved Toronto guard Kyle Lowry during Game 3 of the NBA Finals is also an investor in the Golden State Warriors, and will not be permitted to attend any more games in the series. The Warriors said Thursday that they and investor Mark Stevens, who...