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How Warriors can get back to glory despite NBA Finals loss, injuries
For Dub Nation, it was surreal and heartbreaking to wake up this morning with the Warriors as non-champions for the first time in just over two years. Losing two future Hall of Famers to cataclysmic injuries in back-to-back Finals games was the equivalent of a meteor striking the basketball world twice in one week. (Except these meteors helped the…
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Sharks, Giants have perfected art of winning playoff elimination games
The San Jose Sharks have already staged one of the more dramatic playoff runs in Bay Area sports history, and they’re only halfway to a championship. That’s why it feels impossible to win the Stanley Cup. The Sharks have come face-to-face with extinction four times in their first two series – three elimination games after falling behind the Vegas Golden...
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Sharks' Game 7 history in NHL playoffs filled with elation, heartbreak
Sudden death. Instant life. Nothing in sports is more intense than overtime in the Stanley Cup playoffs, as we learned anew when in the Sharks’ thrilling and terrifying Game 6 overtime loss at Colorado on Monday. That loss ratchets the intensity of the second round, best-of-seven series up even higher as we now confront a do-or-die scenario. A handshake will happen...
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Once in a lifetime: Warriors balancing title push with record chase
The Warriors’ mind-blowingly incredible season has given rise to an endless stream of commentary, analysis and chatter. The team and its players have already achieved several significant NBA records — the single-season three-point field goal record obliterated by Stephen Curry, the best start to a season in league history (24-0), and the longest home regular-season winning streak (53 and counting)….