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The Western Conference Finals are shifting to Oracle Arena, the home of the Golden State Warriors, for Game 3. Golden State is, naturally, very tough at home. They haven’t lost at Oracle this postseason, and they’ve only lost five games …
James Harden had a pretty awesome scoring night for the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Monday, but it wasn’t enough as Golden State won comfortably 119-106. The margin of defeat led Mike D’Antoni to crack a …
Mike D’Antoni has coached a lot of very good players during his years in the NBA, but it is quite clear that James Harden is his favorite. If you don’t believe us, just ask D’Antoni’s wife. Laurel D’Antoni spoke with …
The Houston Rockets may be the top seed in the Western Conference and up 2-1 in their first round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, but that doesn’t mean coach Mike D’Antoni is happy. D’Antoni thinks the Rockets …
The Houston Rockets continue to show that they have much bigger goals on their mind than the regular season. The Rockets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 114-91 on Saturday to improve to 59-14 on the season. The 59th win set a franchise record for …
Blake Griffin may be on a different team, but Mike D’Antoni still hasn’t forgotten about the little kerfuffle that they had back in January. After his Houston Rockets topped Griffin’s Detroit Pistons 100-96 in overtime on Thursday, …
The Houston Rockets clinched a playoff berth with a win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, but Mike D’Antoni isn’t exactly celebrating. After Houston’s 105-82 victory over the Mavs, D’Antoni was asked about clinching a …
Mike D’Antoni was the head coach of the losing team in Sunday night’s surprisingly entertaining NBA All-Star Game, and he took a funny jab at the Golden State Warriors while describing what the experience was like. D’Antoni was the …
Mike D’Antoni does not think too much about Steve Kerr’s deleted tweet about James Harden. The Houston Rockets head coach spoke with the media before Saturday night’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers and was asked about …
Mike D’Antoni says that Blake Griffin hit him before the two exchanged curse words at each other, leading to double technicals. Late in the Los Angeles Clippers’ win over the Houston Rockets on Monday night, Griffin and D’Antoni got …
How much does Mike D’Antoni like Jayson Tatum? So much that he had to make sure he wasn’t tampering before he went on to praise the Boston Celtics rookie. D’Antoni was asked about Tatum prior to Thursday’s game between the …
Hecklers better step up their game if they want to come at Mike D’Antoni. During Thursday’s blowout win over the Phoenix Suns, the Houston Rockets coach had this hilarious response to a heckler chiding him for arguing a call despite …
Coaches are leaders. Coaches are mentors. Coaches are tacticians. Coaches are father figures. Coaches are communicators. Coaches are jokesters and woke-sters (in the cases of Steve Kerr and Gregg Popovich). Coaches are meme material (in the case of …
Chris Paul is getting closer to returning to action for the Houston Rockets. The point guard has been out since playing in the Rockets’ season-opening win over the Golden State Warriors. He had injured his knee a week earlier. Rockets head …
Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni couldn’t help but taking a shot back at Golden State’s Draymond Green over defensive criticisms. Green said Monday that he didn’t know “how serious [the Rockets] take defense” on …
Mike D’Antoni, like much of the NBA community, is currently in Las Vegas to watch NBA Summer League action. D’Antoni, this past season’s NBA Coach of the Year, took some time to chat with NBATV’s Dennis Scott. Naturally, the …
