2023–24 Golden State Warriors Season
The 2023–24 Golden State Warriors season was the 78th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 62nd in the San Francisco Bay Area, and their fifth season at the Chase Center. This was the Warriors' tenth season with Steve Kerr as head coach and the first season since 2011–12 without general manager Bob Myers. On November 14, against the Minnesota Timberwolves, an altercation broke out early in the game, which started between Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels. McDaniels grabbed Thompson, who eventually had his jersey ripped. In the ensuing scuffle, Draymond Green placed Rudy Gobert in a headlock. This resulted in Green, Thompson, and McDaniels all being ejected from the game. Green was suspended for five games and, along with Thompson, Gobert, and McDaniels, was fined for the incident. On December 12, Green struck Jusuf Nurkić in the face in a game against Phoenix Suns, which led to Green being suspended indefinitely the next day. While Gr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Steve Kerr
Stephen Douglas Kerr (born September 27, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a nine-time NBA champion, having won five titles as a player (three with the Chicago Bulls and two with the San Antonio Spurs) as well as four with the Warriors as a head coach. Kerr is the only NBA player to win four straight NBA titles after 1969. Kerr has the highest career three-point field goal percentage (45.4%) in NBA history for any player with at least 250 three-pointers made. He also held the NBA record for the highest three-point percentage in a season at 52.4% until the record was broken by Kyle Korver in 2010. He is known as one of the most prolific shooters of all time, and one of the greatest coaches in NBA history. Kerr played college basketball with the Arizona Wildcats. He was a two-time first-team all-conference player in the Pac-10 (now known as th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jusuf Nurkić
Jusuf Nurkić (; born 23 August 1994), nicknamed "the Bosnian Beast", is a Bosnian professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at tall and weighing 290 lb (132 kg), the center was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 16th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. He also represents the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team internationally. Early career Born in Živinice, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nurkić began playing basketball at 14 years of age, after Bosnian sports agent Enes Trnovčević took him to Slovenia and gave him an opportunity to play. He played in the youth categories for Slovenian team Zlatorog Laško. In February 2012, he was briefly loaned to Union Olimpija in order to play the Nike International Junior Tournament which was held in Belgrade. Nurkić attracted attention internationally by averaging 18.8 points and 11 rebounds over 5 games. Shortly after the tournament, he parted ways ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brandin Podziemski
Brandin "Podz" Podziemski ( ; born February 25, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini before transferring to the Santa Clara Broncos. Early life and high school Podziemski grew up in Greenfield, Wisconsin and attended St. John's Northwestern Military Academy. He was named first team All-State after averaging 22.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per game as a sophomore with St. John's Northwestern Military Academy after not playing on the varsity team as a freshman at Muskego High School. Podziemski averaged 27.6 points and 9.2 rebounds and repeated as a first team All-State selection during his junior season. He was named Wisconsin Mr. Basketball as a senior after averaging 35.1 points, 10.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists, and 4.0 steals per game. Podziemski was also the boys basketball Gatorade Player of the Year for Wisconsin in 2021. Podziems ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2023–24 Sacramento Kings Season
The 2023–24 Sacramento Kings season was the 79th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and 40th season in the city of Sacramento. The team failed to improve on their 48–34 record from the previous season, finishing 46-36 and as the 9th seed in the Western Conference. As the No. 9 seed in a competitive conference, they defeated the 10th-seeded Golden State in the first stage of the Play-In Tournament, but fell to the 8th-seeded New Orleans Pelicans in the second stage to end their season. Draft picks The Kings had one first-round pick and two second-round picks entering the draft. Roster Standings Division Conference Game log Preseason , -style="background:#fcc" , 1 , October 8 , @ Toronto , , Sasha Vezenkov (12) , Domantas Sabonis (6) , Domantas Sabonis (6) , Rogers Arena18,654 , 0–1 , -style="background:#fcc" , 2 , October 11 , @ L.A. Lakers , , De'Aaron Fox (18) , Domanta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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NBA Play-in Tournament
The NBA Play-In Tournament is the preliminary National Basketball Association (NBA) postseason tournament. It determines the final two playoff seeds in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference and is played immediately prior to the NBA Playoffs, which is the main tournament of the postseason and regarded by the league as separate from the Play-In Tournament. Teams finishing the regular season in positions 7 through 10 in the standings for each conference compete to determine the number 7 and 8 seeds in each conference's bracket tournament. Format Original format On June 4, 2020, the NBA Board of Governors approved the first ever play-in game for the 2019–20 season. The game was part of the NBA's plans for a bubble as part of its return to play during the COVID-19 pandemic. If the 8 and 9 seeds in either conference were within four games of each other, the two seeds would play each other in a play-in game. If the 8 seed won the game, it would advance to the playoffs. If t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2023–24 Houston Rockets Season
The 2023–24 Houston Rockets season was the 57th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and 53rd season in the city of Houston. On April 10, 2023, the Houston Rockets fired head coach Stephen Silas after three rebuilding seasons with the team. Two weeks later, the Rockets hired Ime Udoka as their new head coach, looking to contend for the playoffs. After starting out 0–3 in October, the Rockets had a six-game winning streak to start out November. The Rockets entered the month of March with a 27–34 record and stood at 11th place in the Western Conference. Despite losing breakout player Alperen Şengün to injury, the Rockets won 13 of their next 14 games, including an 11-game winning streak buoyed by career-best performances from star Jalen Green alongside one-time all-star Fred VanVleet and rookie Amen Thompson, which allowed them to rise to contention for the play-in tournament. Their improved 38–35 record had them trail the Golden State W ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2023–24 Atlanta Hawks Season
The 2023–24 Atlanta Hawks season was the 75th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 56th in Atlanta. It is the first full season under new head coach Quin Snyder. The Hawks made it to their fourth straight postseason appearance and third straight play-in berth, as the No. 10 seed. Their season ended with a loss in the East 9/10 game to the Chicago Bulls, 131–116. They became the first team to qualify for postseason and win the NBA Draft Lottery without a trade, as NBA rules state that the four teams eliminated in the first stage of postseason (play-in) participate in the Draft Lottery. Draft The Hawks entered the draft holding one first round pick and one second round pick. Roster Standings Division Conference Game log Preseason , -style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , October 10 , Cleveland , , Trent Forrest (13) , Clint Capela (10) , Trae Young (5) , State Farm Arena11,659 , 1–0 , -style="backg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2023–24 Dallas Mavericks Season
The 2023–24 Dallas Mavericks season was the 44th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). At the February trade deadline, the Mavericks were 8th in the Western Conference with a 29–23 record when they acquired center Daniel Gafford from the Washington Wizards and forward P. J. Washington from the Charlotte Hornets. With Gafford, Washington and rookie Dereck Lively II on the roster, the team went 22–9 since the deadline and finished 5th in the West. They improved upon their 38–44 record from last season and qualified for the playoffs after a one-year absence. They would also win the Southwest Division title over the New Orleans Pelicans near the end of the regular season. The Mavericks defeated the Los Angeles Clippers and the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder each in six games to advance to their second Conference Finals appearance in three seasons, where they defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games to advance to the 2024 NBA ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2023–24 Utah Jazz Season
The 2023–24 Utah Jazz season was the 50th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and their 45th season in Utah. This also became their first season where they would begin to air their games on KJZZ-TV and KUTV alongside the Kiswe (company), Kiswe owned streaming service called Jazz+ instead of working with AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (later known as SportsNet Rocky Mountain before shutting down by the end of 2023). During their first season under this change, the Jazz would see a 39% increase in viewership by comparison to the previous season under AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain. They failed to improve upon their 37–45 record from the 2022-23 Utah Jazz season, previous year, suffering a second consecutive losing record, at 31–51. Utah's January 17, 2024 matchup against the 2023-24 Golden State Warriors season, Golden State Warriors was postponed due to the death of Dejan Milojević, an assistant coach to Golden State. The game was later made u ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Provo–Orem Combined Statistical Area, Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,746,164 (as of 2021 estimates), making it the 22nd largest in the nation. It is also the central core of the larger of only two major urban areas located within the Great Basin (the other being Reno, Nevada). Salt Lake C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021–22 Golden State Warriors Season
The 2021–22 Golden State Warriors season is the 76th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 60th in the San Francisco Bay Area, and their third season at the Chase Center. On December 14, Stephen Curry hit five three-pointers against the New York Knicks to reach 2,977, which surpassed Ray Allen's career total of 2,973 for most three-pointers made in NBA history in the regular season. Earlier in the season against the Chicago Bulls, Curry hit nine three-pointers to reach 3,366 which broke Allen's record of 3,358 for most three-pointers made in NBA history, regular season and postseason combined. On January 9, Klay Thompson made his season debut against the Cleveland Cavaliers after missing the previous two seasons due to various injuries. He missed the 2019–20 season due to a left ACL tear, and the 2020–21 season due to a right Achilles tendon tear. He recorded 17 points and 3 rebounds in a 96–82 win. Stephen Curry, Andrew Wigg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dejan Milojević
Dejan Milojević ( sr-cyrl, Дејан Милојевић; born 15 April 1977) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Currently, since summer 2021, he is an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at , the power forward played basketball professionally from 1994 until 2009, appearing for the FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro league teams Beovuk, FMP, Budućnost, and Partizan, as well as for Pamesa Valencia in Spain, and Galatasaray in Turkey. He was named the Adriatic League Most Valuable Player three times in a row. Milojević played on the Serbia and Montenegro national team, winning EuroBasket gold in 2001. Three years after his 2009 retirement from playing professional basketball, Milojević became a head coach for Mega Basket of the Adriatic Basketball Association (ABA). There, he coached future NBA All-Star and NBA MVP Nikola Jokić. In the 2015–16 season, he coached Mega to their ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |