Matt Steinmetz

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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Looking forward to Saturday’s “NBA This Week” show on 95.7-FM, and there’s so much to talk about. Just a matter of organizing it all. The Warriors have won 12 of 13 and are playing their best basketball of the season, or so it seems. How do you really measure it? Right now they’re 43-7 … on pace for 70 wins or so.

Here is a good outline of what we’ll be talking about during the three hours. And very much looking forward to talking to Chuck Swirsky, Sekou Smith and Tim Bontemps. Should be fun. Let me know if you think we’re missing anything …

–“Ever since Christmas … ” feels like that’s how Curry’s season is breaking down this year. Ever since that 11-shot game against Cleveland, things have changed. No doubt a defining moment of the season. But it was going good well before that. People just didn’t notice.

–Quietly, and without any excitement or fanfare the Warriors just routinely beat Portland and the Los Angeles Clippers on the second of back-to-back nights, without being at full strength. This team  doesn’t stop being impressive.

–These notes were before the Warriors waived Anderson Varejao and brought in Briante Weber.

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