Matt Steinmetz

Well, that escalated quickly. It was a relatively calm, cool and collected game between the Clippers and Warriors on Thursday night at Oracle — until it wasn’t. And once the game got a little chippy, shall we say, the Warriors took control and rode it to a xxx-xxx victory, their 10th straight over the Clippers.

Link to “Warriors Warmup,” the postgame show on 95.7-FM The Game.

Everything changed with 8:11 remaining in the third quarter. That’s when Blake Griffin and Draymond Green collided, in what looked to be a play where Green was trying to draw an offensive foul away from the ball. But Green got called for a foul and all hell broke loose.

Green, as he is wont to do, lost it and got a technical foul. Quite frankly, he was lucky he wasn’t ejected as he was barely able to contain himself, either verbally or physically. But that play and the ensuing emotion really got the Warriors into things, not to mention the sellout crowd.

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Nobody really expected the Golden State Warriors to be active at Thursday’s trade deadline — and they did not disappoint. The Warriors are sitting at 47-9, the best record in the NBA, so general manager Bob Myers wasn’t exactly on the phone 24/7 all week.

Still, Myers made it clear on 95.7-FM The Game that he still must monitor what’s going on around the league and gather information that may be pertinent down the line. We had a chance to discuss Thursday’s trade deadline, and lots of other stuff with Myers.

Here’s link to interview with Bob Myers on 95.7-FM The Game.

Among the topics:

–We asked Myers about the report that the Los Angeles Lakers contacted him about their vacant GM position earlier this week. The Lakers shook up their front office, with Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak getting fired and Magic Johnson taking over to run things.

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Stephen Jackson is nothing if not honest. It’s what makes Stephen Jackson … Stephen Jackson. That honesty and straightforwardness came out big time on Wednesday during a 20-minute interview.

We talked to Jackson about a variety of topics, including his memories of “We Believe,” why Don Nelson was one of the best coaches he ever had, how often, if ever, he smoked marijuana before games and so much more.

Here’s link to interview with Stephen Jackson on 95.7-FM The Game.

–Jackson said he doesn’t believe there is any NBA team out there that can beat the Warriors. Too much firepower is pretty much what he said. Jackson also thinks that Cleveland’s LeBron James sees the writing on the wall — that the Cavs can’t get it done as presently constituted. That’s why, Jackson says, James has been lobbying to get him some help.

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