Matt Steinmetz

We talked plenty of sports on the latest “Sal and Steiny” podcast. Obviously we talked Patriots-Falcons Super Bowl, with Castaneda giving some television ratings insight on the event.

Tom Brady or Joe Montana? Was Lady Gaga good or bad? Wasn’t it nice to see George Bush Sr.? How were the commercials?

Link to Episode No. 88 of the “Sal and Steiny” podcast.

Castaneda and Steinmetz discussed the Warriors, and their 109-106 overtime loss to the Kings in Sacramento over the weekend. Draymond Green, always in eye of a possible Warriors’ storm, got into a shouting match with Kevin Durant during a timeout. We’ll see what comes of that, but another topic was the interest level in the Warriors — not quite what it was at this time last year.

Link to ITunes site, with all “Sal and Steiny” podcasts.

It’s always the ones you never figure, right? The Warriors had been playing terrific, winners of 12 of their past 13, and they were headed to Sacramento to play the Kings — a team they’d been dominating in the recent past.

But in a quirky, off-balance, something-not-quite-right game, the Kings beat the Warriors 109-106 in overtime. Coming in, the Warriors had beaten the Kings 13 straight times. Nevertheless, the Kings got solid performances from several players; the Warriors from just a few.

Here’s link to “Warriors WrapUp,” the postgame show on 95.7-FM The Game.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr got ejected; Draymond Green got hurt late in the second quarter and didn’t make it to the bench to start the second half; Stephen Curry had a potential game-winning 3-pointer go in and out, then missed a little peeper that could have given the Warriors a late lead.

Lots happened, including the Kings outplaying the Warriors.

We’re coming up on the All-Star break so what better time to take some stock of the NBA than right now? We know that the Warriors are having another ridiculously good season, but there’s plenty of other stories around the league.

On the “NBA This Week,” we talked to some terrific guests about everything that’s going on around the league right now. We interviewed K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune, Sekou Smith of NBA.com and NBA TV, and Tim Bontemps of the Washington Post.

Link to interview with K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune.

Link to interview with Sekou Smith, NBA.com and NBA TV.

Link to interview with Tim Bontemps, Washington Post.

Link to the “NBA This Week” page.

Among the topics:

–What’s going on with the Chicago Bulls, and is it possible they make a move before the trading deadline. Could the Bulls be ready to part with Jimmy Butler? What’s going on with Rajon Rondo, and could there possibly be any takers for him? Does Fred Hoiberg have control of this team?

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