Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: Steph-tacular once again Game 7 lived up to the hype as the Warriors held on to win three straight games and become just the 10th team to overcome a 3-1 deficit to win a postseason series. The Thunder were in this one until the end, but the Warriors pulled away late for the 96-88 win. The Warriors will now face LeBron James and the Cavaliers in the Finals, starting … [Read more...]

Durant on future: 'Haven't even thought about it' 1:59 AM ET Tim MacMahonESPN Staff Writer Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM print OAKLAND, Calif. -- In the wake of the Oklahoma City Thunder's Game 7 loss in the Western Conference finals, pending free-agent superstar … [Read more...]

Reggie Jackson tweets smirking shot after Thunder lose Game 7 At 11:26 p.m. ET on Monday, the Golden State Warriors finished off a 96-88 victory in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals to send them to their second straight NBA Finals, where they'll once again meet up with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers — this time, featuring healthy and fully functioning fellow stars Kyrie … [Read more...]

Warriors take thrilling Game 7 vs. Thunder to reach NBA Finals The Golden State Warriors entered the Western Conference Finals looking to reach a second-straight NBA Finals that would help cement their status as one of the greatest teams of all-time. After a 3-1 start for the Oklahoma City Thunder, the 73-win juggernaut faced three-straight elimination games to keep their dream season alive. … [Read more...]

Draymond Green DDT'd himself in another tangle with Steven Adams After a series full of static, it just wouldn't have been right for Game 7 of the 2016 Western Conference finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Golden State Warriors to go down without featuring an incident involving Thunder center Steven Adams and Warriors power forward Draymond Green. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: … [Read more...]

Lue: West winner irrelevant as Finals 'about us' 4:35 PM ET Dave McMenaminESPN Staff Writer Close Cavs and NBA writer for ESPN.com Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14 and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09 Syracuse University graduate print INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said his team's fate in the NBA Finals will be … [Read more...]

Curry: Home doesn't guarantee win for Warriors 4:38 PM ET Ethan Sherwood StraussESPN Staff Writer Close Covers the Golden State Warriors for ESPN.com Contributes to ESPN's TrueHoop blog Hosts TrueHoop TV Live print OAKLAND, Calif. -- Stephen Curry isn't assuming victory in Game 7 just because the Golden State Warriors are back at Oracle Arena, where they are 47-3 this season. A … [Read more...]

Rotoworld Podcasts: NBA Pod for May 30 Monday, May 30, 2016 Anything good on TV tonight? We talk about Game 7 and what lineups to watch for. Also plenty of free agency talk to get you ready for what should be a busy offseason. You can follow us @Ethan_Norof and @MikeSGallagher. Mike Gallagher has covered fantasy hoops for eight years and this season is his second with Rotoworld. You can … [Read more...]

ESPN Forecast: Predicting Thunder-Warriors Game 7, NBA title 10:00 AM ET print Will the Oklahoma City Thunder or Golden State Warriors take Game 7 of the Western Conference finals and advance to face the Cleveland Cavaliers? And who will win the NBA title? Here are the predictions from our ESPN Forecast panel of experts, ESPN's Basketball Power Index (BPI), FiveThirtyEight, PredictWise … [Read more...]

Three Things to Watch: Golden State vs. Oklahoma City, Game 7 The 2016 Western Conference finals will be decided by a Game 7 on Monday evening. The Golden State Warriors, working from home after returning from a 3-1 series deficit, will take on a smarting Oklahoma City Thunder club. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Here are three things to watch, in a … [Read more...]