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Steinmetz: Sans No. 1 stigma, Smith’s good
- Let’s get right to it. More observations while watching the NBA playoffs:
- Let’s get right to it. More observations while watching the NBA playoffs:
Steinmetz: Playoffs can amplify reputations
- Perhaps the best aspect of playoff basketball is that you really get the true measure of players, teams and coaches. The regular season is one thing, the postseason is another.
- Perhaps the best aspect of playoff basketball is that you really get the true measure of players, teams and coaches. The regular season is one thing, the postseason is another.
Steinmetz: West's dominance won't last
- There is no debate when it comes to the disparity between conferences. The only real argument is just how much better the NBA’s Western Conference is than the Eastern Conference.
- There is no debate when it comes to the disparity between conferences. The only real argument is just how much better the NBA’s Western Conference is than the Eastern Conference.
Steinmetz: Lucky Jazz, sorry Mavs
- The NBA playoffs are under way and it’s not too early for some observations and predictions.
Five wins that cost the Warriors
- It’s official: The Warriors are out.
- It’s official: The Warriors are out.
Steinmetz: An NBA guy’s take on Kansas-Memphis
- I don’t watch a lot of college basketball. Hardly any, to be honest. I’m too busy watching the NBA. It is true, I’d rather watch the Indiana Pacers play the Memphis Grizzlies than the Indiana Hoosiers play the Memphis Tigers. Any day of the week.But on Monday night, there was only one game on and it happened to be the Memphis Tigers and the Kansas Jayhawks in the NCAA title game. So I watched. Very good game, too.
Steinmetz: Warriors have keys to succeed — and fail — during homestretch
- It’s nail-biting time for Warriors fans.
- It’s nail-biting time for Warriors fans.
Steinmetz: Official's call negates great games
- The worst part about referee Bob Delaney’s offensive foul call on Monta Ellis at the end of the Warriors-Los Angeles Lakers game Monday wasn’t necessarily the call itself.
- The worst part about referee Bob Delaney’s offensive foul call on Monta Ellis at the end of the Warriors-Los Angeles Lakers game Monday wasn’t necessarily the call itself.
Warriors’ worriers missing the point
- Sometimes it seems as if the questions and complaints come more frequently than the wins. You hear them all the time.
- Sometimes it seems as if the questions and complaints come more frequently than the wins. You hear them all the time.
Steinmetz: Much was learned during trip
- Leftovers from the Warriors’ recent 3-1 Eastern Conference road trip ...
- Leftovers from the Warriors’ recent 3-1 Eastern Conference road trip ...
Steinmetz: Anatomy of a turnaround
- Exactly one year ago today, the Warriors were getting ready to play a road game against the Detroit Pistons after losing a heartbreaker to the Washington Wizards.
- Exactly one year ago today, the Warriors were getting ready to play a road game against the Detroit Pistons after losing a heartbreaker to the Washington Wizards.
Steinmetz: Wild West could leave Warriors waiting
- If there is a troubling aspect to this year’s Warriors season, it’s that thus far they are having a heck of a year but have little to show for it.
- If there is a troubling aspect to this year’s Warriors season, it’s that thus far they are having a heck of a year but have little to show for it.
Steinmetz: Who’s for real in crowded West?
- Heading into Tuesday’s games, only 4½ games separated the best team in the Western Conference from the ninth-best team.
- Heading into Tuesday’s games, only 4½ games separated the best team in the Western Conference from the ninth-best team.