Warriors

Even with nearly the entire roster back from last year's City Title champion, the H.D. Woodson girls' basketball team spent the first half of this season learning a lot about itself. Off-the-court adversity challenged the Warriors unlike any opponent they've faced as they traveled across the country facing top competition. Now that the Warriors seem to have found their stride, they look impressive. Keyed by a switch on defense late in the second quarter, eighth-ranked Woodson was able to push the tempo and run No. 14 Georgetown Visitation...

SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs got the added energy Gregg Popovich wanted against the Golden State Warriors and a stellar performance from Tony Parker that they desperately needed. Now the Warriors will have to win two in a row to keep the Spurs from returning to the Western Conference finals. Tony Parker had 25 points and 10 assists, and the Spurs held the Warriors' starting backcourt to 13 points for a 109-91 victory Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their topsy-turvy playoff series.

La Plata Coach Todd Sharp told his wrestlers before the 4A/3A state tournament Friday that he hadn't been able to sleep the past couple of weeks. He said a coaching decision that ended up costing his team a state duals title was the reason. "If you can do anything for me so I can feel a little redemption, win this state title," Sharp told his charges. The Warriors did just that, using the same formula that made them duals and tournament team champions in 2006 and duals champions last season.

SAN ANTONIO — Realizing there would be no late comeback even in a series that's already had two of them, Mark Jackson turned his attention to Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals. Jackson pulled Stephen Curry and Andrew Bogut with 4 minutes left in Game 5 and his Golden State Warriors trailing San Antonio by 18 points. Curry was hurting, and the Warriors will need him at his best in the next game. "It got to a point where they had made plays and I had to look towards Game 6," Jackson...

Dominique Davis and Steven Gamble show so much comfort and awareness playing alongside each other, one would think they had been playing together their whole lives. Actually, it has been since the fourth grade for the Sherwood seniors. "I was never the star running back, and he was never the biggest kid," Gamble said. "I'd just be a blocker, but I know where [Davis] is going to cut. I know where I need to get in there for him. " Davis and Gamble worked like a lock and key last night for the Warriors.

Clippers 26 35 23 32 -- 116 Warriors 42 26 25 29 -- 122 Baron Davis had 25 points and nine assists, Stephen Jackson added 28 points and Golden State kept its waning playoff hopes realistic with a victory over Los Angeles. Monta Ellis and Andris Biedrins scored 17 points apiece for the Warriors, whose victory coupled with the Nuggets' 124-97 loss at Utah earlier in the night left Golden State and Denver tied for eighth place in the...

BULLS 32 18 27 37 -- 114 WARRIORS 23 24 30 31 -- 108 Chris Duhon scored a career-high 34 points, Joseph Smith had 27 and undermanned Chicago hung on for the victory, spoiling Chris Webber's return to Golden State. Duhon's 11-of-16 shooting, four three-pointers and nine assists carried the Bulls as they somehow stayed in front of the well-rested Warriors. The Bulls were playing their fourth road game in six nights without three of their top four scorers.

Steve Nash has been on a Cousy-esque run. The point guard for the NBA's highest-scoring team the past six seasons, Nash did it for three years in Dallas, where he dared teams to keep up with him, and three more in Phoenix, where a faster tempo and a plethora of weapons turned him into a two-time most valuable player. His run is the best for a point guard since Boston's Bob Cousy directed the league's best offense from 1952 to '57. "Steve, he's the most creative player in the game.

WARRIORS 34 38 15 28 -- 115 LAKERS 30 19 32 30 -- 111 Stephen Jackson scored six of his 31 points on two three-pointers in the final 38 1/2 seconds, and Golden State beat Los Angeles after blowing a 26-point lead. Jackson's first three-pointer gave the Warriors a 112-108 lead. After Kobe Bryant's three-pointer with 30.5 seconds left drew the Lakers within one, Jackson connected from the top of the key with 8.5 seconds left to complete the...

JAZZ 21 24 24 27 -- 96 WARRIORS 23 25 38 30 -- 116 Corey Maggette scored 24 points, and Stephen Jackson had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists to lead Golden State in the Warriors' latest impressive home victory. Kelenna Azubuike scored 16 points and C.J. Watson added 14 for the Warriors, who routed Phoenix four days earlier in Oakland behind Jackson's first career triple-double. With Jackson again catalyzing the offense, Golden State rolled past the Jazz...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson placed a prominent poem by an unknown author in every player's locker before Game 4 against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday that had a simple title: Don't Quit. Jackson's gritty Golden State team never has this season. Neither have the four-time champion Spurs, led by a group of veterans who have stood the test of time. Young or old, it might not matter at this point. Both teams are writing a new script in the...

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors outshot, outrebounded and outplayed the San Antonio Spurs in the first two games of their Western Conference semifinal but left Texas with a disappointing split. The Spurs controlled the pace in a near start-to-finish win on the road in Game 3 before allowing Game 4 against a hobbled Stephen Curry and the Warriors to slip away. Maybe nobody should be surprised if this topsy-turvy series finds yet another twist. Curry...

OAKLAND, Calif. — The San Antonio Spurs are heading home against the Golden State Warriors with the Western Conference semifinal tied at two games apiece. Solid position considering how sloppy the Spurs played in the first two games. Maybe a bit unsettling after allowing Game 4 to slip away. San Antonio blew an eight-point lead in the final five minutes of regulation, missed its first nine shots of overtime and watched a hobbled Stephen Curry rally the...

OAKLAND, Calif. — His spirits down, his left ankle limp and his team's season hanging in the balance, Stephen Curry wondered whether he could recover for the biggest game of his career until a text message popped up on his phone around 2 a.m. Saturday. Curry called back his mother, Sonya, and vented his frustrations about his latest — and most inopportune — injury setback. Finally, she spoke up to calm his concerns. "She just reminded me and battled tested me to...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Harrison Barnes had 26 points and 10 rebounds, Stephen Curry scored 22 on an injured left ankle and the Golden State Warriors rallied past the San Antonio Spurs 97-87 in overtime Sunday to even the Western Conference semifinal at two games apiece. Jarrett Jack added 24 points in reserve and Andrew Bogut grabbed 18 rebounds to help the Warriors overcome an eight-point deficit in the final five minutes of regulation. Golden State scored the first nine points of...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Combat helicopter pilot Prince Harry of Britain along with Olympic swimming champion Missy Franklin joined an American naval officer who had been blinded in Afghanistan in launching the Warrior Games for wounded service members. Lt. Bradley Snyder, Harry and Franklin lifted a torch Saturday to ignite an Olympic-style cauldron, after completing the last leg of a brief torch relay at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs to...

BOBCATS 23 25 21 27 -- 96 WARRIORS 32 37 32 26 -- 127 Monta Ellis scored 21 points, Stephen Jackson had 19 and the Warriors made Jason Richardson miserable in his return to Golden State with a victory over Charlotte. With new acquisition Chris Webber watching from the bench, the Warriors rolled to a 34-point lead in the third quarter of their ninth win in 12 games. Baron Charlotte Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts. ...

CLIPPERS 27 24 30 39 -- 120 WARRIORS 25 34 33 35 -- 127 Monta Ellis matched his season high with 29 points, Corey Maggette had 21 and Golden State defeated Los Angeles. Baron Davis scored 29 points in his first game in Oakland since opting out of his contract with the Warriors. He received a warm ovation before the game. Al Thornton had 25 points and nine rebounds. Zach Randolph (20 points, 11 rebounds)