Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: Simply the Bestbrook Yeah, so about those Oklahoma City Thunder struggles in the fourth quarter. On Tuesday in San Antonio, they were down five points with five minutes left as they turned the tables yet again to finish with a 95-91 victory to get to a 3-2 series lead. This also comes on the heels of OKC pulling a comeback in the fourth in Game 4. Who are these teams? … [Read more...]

Vote: Is Stephen Curry your NBA MVP? 7:58 PM ET print For the first time in NBA history, we have a unanimous MVP: Stephen Curry. Does he get your vote? Curry, who led the Golden State Warriors to an NBA-record 73 wins, grabbed all 131 first-place votes, including 130 from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters and one from the Kia MVP fan vote. The San Antonio Spurs' Kawhi Leonard … [Read more...]

Did Goran Dragic take a swing at Cory Joseph in Heat-Raps Game 4? I missed this in the moment late in the fourth quarter of Monday's matchup between the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors, and since no whistles got blown, I didn't take much notice of it until earlier ... but Goran Dragic kind of cracked Cory Joseph in the face here, right? [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from … [Read more...]

Warriors' Curry voted NBA's first unanimous MVP 3:28 PM ET Marc SteinESPN Senior Writer Close • Senior NBA writer for ESPN.com• Began covering the NBA in 1993-94• Also covered soccer, tennis and the Olympics print PORTLAND, Ore. -- Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry became the first unanimous NBA Most Valuable Player on Tuesday, winning the award for a second … [Read more...]

Ty Lue's coaching coup: Reminding Kevin Love he's one 'bad MFer' After two seasons spent fretting over "fit" and weighing concerns about chemistry, the Cleveland Cavaliers are rolling. They've swept into the Eastern Conference finals, making as-quick-as-possible work of the Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks, and they're evidently feeling awfully good about the whole thing. They buried … [Read more...]

NBA Fantasy Trends: Stats and Pod: The Realest MVP Stephen Curry was named the first unanimous NBA MVP ever on Tuesday. The timing is great after Curry exploded in an overtime win at Portland on Monday. His 17 points in overtime were the most all time for any NBA game thanks to a 107.9 true shooting percentage and a 66.3 usage rate. He outscored the Raptors and Heat overtime (15 points) from … [Read more...]

Stephen Curry is the NBA's first unanimous Most Valuable Player The timing, as it is with all things in Stephen Curry’s world, is perfect. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Just a few hours after the Golden State Warriors guard became the King of the Nighttime World with his spectacular Game 4 performance in his first game in a fortnight, the league’s … [Read more...]

'I'm back': The latest reminder Stephen Curry's good at basketball "I'm here," Stephen Curry told nobody in particular and everybody at the same time. "I'm back." The announcement came after the NBA's back-to-back MVP scored his 12th straight point to open overtime on his way to a playoff record 17 points in the extra period of a Game 4 victory in Portland. It was the latest star turn in a … [Read more...]

'Of course' Draymond Green believes the Blazers are done At first, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green's comments following a thrilling overtime win that gave his team a 3-1 series lead against the Portland Trailblazers might seem inflammatory. "Do I think they're done?" Green told the media. "Of course I think they're done." I believe it was famous philosopher Mila Kunis … [Read more...]

Stephen Curry works overtime like no one has before him 2:30 AM ET ESPN Stats & Information print Stephen Curry was saving it all up for when it counted most. In one of the great finishes in pro basketball history, Curry set an NBA record by scoring 17 points in overtime, something never done in a regular-season or postseason game, as the Golden State Warriors rallied past the … [Read more...]