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Jan 19, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA; Golden State Warriors power forward Carl Landry celebrates with point guard Jarrett Jack during the fourth quarter against the New Orleans Hornets at the New Orleans Arena.

And if they want to be considered true title contenders, the Golden State Warriors will have to develop their promising young talent even more and show they can be consistent - and consistently healthy - for longer stretches.

Tim Duncan does not take too kindly to someone being in the way of his traction pad, giving Richard Jefferson the business in a way many Spurs fans would like to.

The Golden State Warriors far exceeded everyone's expectations this season, but we learned a lot about this team from their second-round playoff series.

Tim Duncan does not take too kindly to someone being in the way of his traction pad, giving Richard Jefferson the business in a way many Spurs fans would like to.

There was a point in the third quarter of the Warriors-Spurs game Tuesday night when TV cameras caught Stephen Curry and Andrew Bogut on the bench.

That leg might be limping with a badly sprained ankle, but it seemed somehow sturdy after Sunday's 97-87 series-tying, overtime victory at Oracle Arena.

Fans of the Golden State Warriors have gotten just about everything they could have asked for in the 2013 NBA playoffs.

I always feel on edge when I'm watching a movie that features a silent or timid character.

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are the headliners of a young Warriors team with plenty of staying power.

I watched the Golden State meltdown Monday night - the Warriors blew a 104-88 lead over San Antonio with 4:31 and lost in double overtime - and immediately thought of the Thunder's meltdown against Dallas in Game 4 of the 2011 Western Conference semifinals.

The Golden State free agent situation is as important to the Cavs as any team in the league's. The Warriors cap situation next year is brutal.

As of the early minutes of Tuesday morning, after a game that started during prime time on Monday night, the Golden State Warriors can't blame anything else on the novelty of their first postseason run together.

"Because when we continue to do what we've talked about doing," Jackson said, "the media room will be filled, articles will be written and people will be talking about you." He was right.

Richard Jefferson would not tell a lie. He was blunt Saturday when he said the Warriors will have to play better than they did against Denver -- a lot better -- to beat the San Antonio Spurs in the second round of the NBA playoffs.

It may be an over-simplification of an NBA playoff series, but the Golden State Warriors ' defeat of the Denver Nuggets in the first round was due primarily to two people: Stephen Curry and Mark Jackson.

The apropos soundtrack of the Golden State Warriors roared through Oracle Arena just before the fourth quarter of Thursday night's deciding Game 6. "It's not about what you've done, it's about what you doing" - enthused words of wisdom from the song by Calvin Harris and Ne-Yo. After scaling the lottery for much of the last two decades, the Warriors ... (more)

Warriors center Andrew Bogut had been such a force the first four games. So it was a head-scratcher to watch him check out at the 6:21 mark of the third quarter, never to return.

Jason Collins, who played with the NBA's Washington Wizards this season, has disclosed that he is gay, making him the first active openly homosexual athlete in the four major American pro team sports.

Early in the third quarter Sunday night, with the Denver Nuggets rallying in pursuit of the Warriors, Stephen Curry sent an urgent message from his heart to his howling left ankle.