Many roads to greatness in modern NBA It being late May, the sun rose first this morning in the continental United States at Mars Hill, Maine, around 4:44 a.m., 38 minutes after first light. At various other times of the year it rises first at Maine's Cadillac Mountain, or West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in the city of Lubec, population 1,359. But, always, it rises. https://ift.tt/2LDJByv

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DA's Top 15 Rankings: Oracle advantage helps Warriors re-claim top spot 1) Golden State (2-1) [2]: Warriors broke the all-time record for consecutive home playoff wins with their 16th straight Sunday over Houston, moving past the Chicago Bulls, who won 15 straight at home over the 1990 and 1991 playoffs. The last Golden State playoff loss at Oracle? Game 7 of the 2016 Finals. https://ift.tt/2kx88sA

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Pre-combine interviews bring interesting tidbits Last week, a team interviewing West Virginia guard Jevon Carter at the Chicago pre-Draft combine had what seemed an innocuous question for the hard-nosed point guard: you gonna be ready to play every game, every night, 82 nights a season. https://ift.tt/2IDty5X

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Morning Tip Q&A: Stephen Curry They don't wear it, Stephen Curry and Steve Kerr. Each is grounded, given more to cracking a joke than cussing someone out. Each has a well-earned reputation as a well-mannered, thoughtful guy. But each hides, under the surface, a bubbling cauldron, a nasty streak—what used to be called the "red ass"—that comes out at peak moments of competition, of anger, of passion. Kerr cracks the occasional clipboard. https://ift.tt/2rXJp4N

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DA's Top 15 Rankings: Cleveland Cavaliers reap benefits of resurgent Kevin Love (Last week's record in parenthesis; April 16 ranking in brackets) https://ift.tt/2wj6YcK

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