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Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors are headed back to the NBA Finals. Their 6th trip in the last 8 seasons.

From an injury-plagued season to a playoff ascension, the Warriors were able to close it out on their home court and prove their doubters wrong. The gentleman's sweep sent Golden State to its sixth Finals appearance in the last eight seasons, and social media was in awe of the Warriors' playoff resurgence after missing out on the postseason the last two years. With their close-out victory over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday, the Warriors didn't just have Chase Center in an uproar, but Twitter, too.

Golden State have a shot at their fourth championship in less than a decade. It's easy to forget they were the worst team in the NBA just two seasons ago.

The Canadian has thrived in the postseason, too, drawing primary-defender duty on Doncic and providing perhaps the highlight of the playoffs so far when he dunked over the Slovenian superstar in Game 3 of the Conference finals. His selection as an All-Star back in February was perhaps more indicative of the dearth of elite forwards in the West with LA Clippers duo Kawhi Leonard and Paul George out, but Wiggins has fully acclimated to the Warriors’ defensive set-up and their constant-motion offense this year. But, looking back now, Curry’s absence from the final 12 games of the season might have been a blessing in disguise. History will remember this season as a continuation of the Golden State dynasty, especially if they go on to claim their fourth NBA title in less than a decade. It has been a remarkable feat of regeneration and rejuvenation. Hand surgery meant Steph Curry missed all but five games of the 2019-20 season, in which Golden State finished with the worst record in the NBA. They were only marginally better the season after, creeping into the inaugural postseason play-in tournament, where they were dumped out by a young Memphis Grizzlies team.

Vintage Klay, steady Steph and a young & athletic supporting cast propels Golden State past Dallas for its 6th Finals berth in the last 8 seasons.

Absolutely. The danger, though, is the belief that deep runs for Luka and the Mavericks will now be less of a surprise and more regular. And he did win a pair of MVPs and three titles in the past. A better big man is a must, and the Mavs must also decide on guard Jalen Brunson, a free agent this summer. And so it ends, five games into the Western Conference finals, perhaps eight more games than they were expected to last this postseason. Curry won the first Kobe Bryant Award at the All-Star Game in February, and now adds the Magic Johnson award for being voted MVP in the Western Conference finals. Wiggins is arguably a better scorer than Iguodala was during his peak-Warriors years, bringing more aggressive shooting and plenty of bounce off the dribble. Even Curry would admit he ripped the nets with better consistency and efficiency in the past. Poole developed the personality and mindset of a go-to player and therefore became one. If so, and he delivers, it’s hard to imagine the Warriors being denied another title. Will these fleeting stretches by Klay fly in the NBA Finals? Dare we say it could mean the difference between the Warriors sipping champagne and drowning in sorrows? It smacked of smugness, of forgetting the part about “dumb” luck (like Minnesota passing twice on drafting Steph Curry) and a pinch of arrogance. In that sense, Lacob was right; the franchise is stretching the championship lifespan of its core trio by making the right decisions.

Klay Thompson a été brillant avec 32 points dans la victoire. Le Canadien Andrew Wiggins a suivi avec 18 points et 10 rebonds. Draymond Green a totalisé 17 ...

Spencer Dinwiddie a totalisé 26 points dans la défaite. Klay Thompson a été brillant avec 32 points dans la victoire. Le Canadien Andrew Wiggins a suivi avec 18 points et 10 rebonds.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson drained the 3-pointers. Draymond Green anchored the defense and even chipped in on the offensive end for a change.

The skill and the athleticism and all that, but to also be just incredibly competitive and to want to win so badly. Draymond Green anchored the defense and even chipped in on the offensive end for a change. “We never lost the faith, but you understand how hard of a process it was going to be to climb the mountain again,” Curry said. Draymond Green anchored the defense and even chipped in on the offensive end for a change. Thompson tore his left ACL during a season-ending Game 6 loss in the 2019 NBA Finals. It's an accomplishment only the greatest groups have reached with Bill Russell's Celtics of the 1950s and ‘60s, Magic Johnson's Lakers in the 1980s and Michael Jordan's Bulls of the 1990s doing it.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson shimmied his way to 32 points and the Golden State Warriors advanced to their sixth NBA Finals in the past eight seasons ...

Moody scored all of his seven points in the second quarter with his 3-pointer giving Golden State a 56-38 lead. After making just seven 3-pointers in the first four games of the series, Thompson had eight this game. Thompson's 3-pointer with just under 3 minutes left gave the Warriors a 15-point lead. Golden State is now 9-0 at the Chase Center this postseason, tying the 2017 team for the the most consecutive home wins in a single postseason in NBA history. They are the first team to make six finals appearances in an eight-year span since the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls had a pair of three-peats from 1991-93 and 1996-98. Doncic has typically been a playoff star.

Klay Thompson scores 32 points as Golden State Warriors eliminate Dallas Mavericks with 120-110 win in Game 5.

Moody scored all of his seven points in the second quarter with his 3-pointer giving Golden State a 56-38 lead. “We need Luka to go big a lot of nights just to give us a chance, and unfortunately the ball just didn’t go for him tonight,” coach Jason Kidd said. “For our team, our guys, especially the core group, to be part of that six times in eight years, I don’t even know what to say,” coach Steve Kerr said. After missing the playoffs in 2020 and ‘21 in back-to back injury-plagued seasons, the Warriors are returning to a familiar stage. After Golden State missed the post-season in both seasons he was sidelined, Thompson finally returned to action in January. “This time last year, I was just starting to jog again and get up and down the court.

Dans le duel final contre les «Mavs», ce n'est pas Stephen Curry, mais son acolyte de longue date, Klay Thompson, qui a sonné la charge. Le tireur d'élite a ...

Les Warriors devront attendre l’issue de la finale de l’Est avant de connaître l’identité de son adversaire en finale. Il a aidé les Warriors avec un double-double de 18 points et 10 rebonds dans le cinquième duel contre la formation texane. Dans le cas d’un septième duel, les deux équipes s’affronteraient dimanche.

Golden State clinched its sixth NBA Finals trip in the past eight years, a feat not seen since Michael Jordan's Bulls of the 1990s.

Perhaps still feeling the effects of the past two seasons, which included Curry suffering a long-term hand injury and Thompson enduring two extended injury rehabilitations, the Warriors were careful not to get ahead of themselves as they closed in on this series win. To wit, Golden State improved to 9-0 at home in these playoffs, with all three of its closeout wins coming at Chase Center. Since 2015, the Warriors have a 72-21 record and a perfect 18-0 series mark against West foes in the playoffs. With the score tightened early in the fourth, Thompson returned the favor, threading a pass to Green for a basket in the paint. Early in the second half, Green pushed the ball up the middle in transition and flipped an extended behind-the-back pass to Thompson for another three. Congratulations to the Warriors. They were obviously the better team.” Luka Doncic led the way Thursday with a team-high 28 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and Spencer Dinwiddie added 26 points, including five three-pointers, off the bench. Clad in black from head to toe, the Warriors treated Game 5 like a formal dance, understanding the gravity of the occasion and executing their steps on cue. Within four minutes, the Warriors were up nine, and their lead swelled to 17 at halftime and 25 in the third quarter. Kevon Looney opened the scoring inside, Thompson drained a three-pointer, and Curry set up an Andrew Wiggins dunk and hit a three of his own. “The feeling leaving the 2019 Finals, we had been on an amazing journey and got hit with a lot of adversity and some speed bumps. Now they will seek their fourth title under Coach Steve Kerr against the Boston Celtics or the Miami Heat. Curry, whose comeback from a March foot sprain powered this playoff journey, was named the inaugural winner of the Magic Johnson award, given to the MVP of the Western Conference finals, after he averaged 23.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 7.4 assists in the series. SAN FRANCISCO — When the Golden State Warriors have it going, they make the defense look lost and apprehensive, overwhelmed by their quick decisions and even quicker triggers.

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This story was super fun and informative ahead of the action at the Brickyard. At the end of the race, one lucky (and skilled, of course) man is going to end up chugging milk. When a photo of Meyer drinking buttermilk appeared in a local newspaper the following day, it caught the attention of a dairy industry executive who saw a marketing opportunity." The Indianapolis 500 is this weekend, and you know what that means? What you may not know is that the Warriors finished second in defensive efficiency this regular season (only behind the Celtics, who they may well meet in the Finals), and with Green and Andrew Wiggins leading the way, they have the length, depth and versatility to defend a variety of attacks. But he has to become a better defender and get in better shape, and those two are intertwined. and they have a lot of questions to answer this offseason. Both squads will be looking for their third trophy of the season. To sign up and get this in your inbox, fill out the information below. At the end of the day, the Warriors, albeit with fewer fireworks, are putting up a postseason offensive rating in line with the Durant years. - Botkin: "This is how you win without superpowers. It's the Warriors' sixth Finals appearance in eight years.

The Warriors fans vs. Charles Barkley feud got a little bit out of hand on Thursday after Golden State won Game 5.

It's reasonable that the Warriors fans would have beef with Barkley after that. How did the feud between Barkley and the Warriors fans originate? Barkley kept adding fuel to the fire after that point. Barkley was unharmed in the incident and was smiling as a result of the attention he elicited. Warriors fans — exultant after their team dispatched Dallas 120-110 to clinch passage to the NBA Finals — once again let Barkley have it. Barkley did little to calm the crowd.

NBA on TNT analyst Charles Barkley has made it very clear in recent weeks that he's not a fan of Warriors supporters or the city of San Francisco.

They will face either the Celtics or the Heat. Barkley got up from his seat like he was going to throw something back at them, but Barkley’s colleagues Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith pleaded with Barkley to sit down. While Barkley’s feud with Warriors fans is amusing, it’s dangerous to normalize the idea that throwing things at analysts is O.K.

Draymond Green anchored the defense and even chipped in on the offensive end for a change. Stephen Curry capped off an MVP performance. The trio that led Golden State to so much success in recent years is whole again and and has the Warriors ...

Six Finals berths in eight years? Unheard of in decades and credit should run throughout the organization. Plus, a bit of a rant, Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe ...

It really is, given the sworn duty of law enforcement is to serve and protect. - - - And it’s tiring. It’s hard to win.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson shimmied his way to 32 points and the Golden State Warriors advanced to their sixth NBA Finals in the past eight seasons ...

Moody scored all of his seven points in the second quarter with his 3-pointer giving Golden State a 56-38 lead. After making just seven 3-pointers in the first four games of the series, Thompson had eight this game. Thompson's 3-pointer with just under 3 minutes left gave the Warriors a 15-point lead. Golden State is now 9-0 at the Chase Center this postseason, tying the 2017 team for the the most consecutive home wins in a single postseason in NBA history. They are the first team to make six finals appearances in an eight-year span since the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls had a pair of three-peats from 1991-93 and 1996-98. Doncic has typically been a playoff star.

The Warriors are expected to get back one of their key rotation pieces during the NBA Finals.

He told me he didn’t mean to hurt me. He came in person, and we talked like grown men. "After we closed out Game 6, I got word that he wanted to talk outside the locker room, and when I got there he apologized.

The Warriors are anticipating the return of a major rotation piece for the upcoming NBA Finals.

They are expected to scrimmage as a team at some point during the week break before the finals begin. Game 1 of the finals is on June 2, four weeks post-fracture. The injury occurred on May 3.

Steph Curry wore his faith on his wrist as he led the Golden State Warriors to the NBA Finals for the sixth time in eight seasons.

“It has to be something that you experience for yourself and a decision that you make for yourself,” Curry said. “My faith is tested on the court as much as it is in life,” Curry said on the show. “If I would have gone through that, there would have been no Wardell Stephen Curry II,” she told Norsworthy. “And, you know, God had a plan for that child. He said went to church as a kid and his parents were believers. Curry talked openly about his faith in an episode of “Stephen vs. “Yes and no,” Curry said postgame when asked if any of his past experiences felt similar to this season.

Cowherd previously stated that Steph Curry would never appear in another NBA Finals as a member of Golden State.

And for Green, seeing Curry and Thompson back together at this stage after all of the adversity was everything the franchise needed. The Warriors proved that their reign among the NBA’s elite is not done yet. Cowherd’s thoughts on Golden State: “You gotta blow this team up, it’s over.”

Klay Thompson a été brillant avec 32 points dans la victoire. Le Canadien Andrew Wiggins a suivi avec 18 points et 10 rebonds. Draymond Green a totalisé 17 ...

Spencer Dinwiddie a totalisé 26 points dans la défaite. Klay Thompson a été brillant avec 32 points dans la victoire. Le Canadien Andrew Wiggins a suivi avec 18 points et 10 rebonds.

Klay Thompson drained the three-pointers. Draymond Green anchored the defence and even chipped in on the offensive end for a change.

If you don’t have that type of competitive desire and that type of skill combined, it’s just not going to happen six times out of eight years.” The skill and the athleticism and all that, but to also be just incredibly competitive and to want to win so badly. It’s the only way you can have a run like that because you get exhausted, you get tired, you get frustrated. It’s an accomplishment only the greatest groups have reached with Bill Russell’s Celtics of the 1950s and 60s, Magic Johnson’s Lakers in the 1980s and Michael Jordan’s Bulls of the 1990s doing it. Draymond Green anchored the defence and even chipped in on the offensive end for a change. “Like I’ve said over and over again, I’m going to keep saying it: No one has proven that they can move us off that spot,” Green said.

Before the Warriors celebrated Thursday on advancing to the 2022 NBA Finals, Golden State endured two seasons of unexpected misfortune due to injuries.

A foreshadowing statement from Curry last season went viral after the Warriors punched their ticket to this year’s Finals by defeating the Mavericks, 120–110, in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals. In the Warriors’ series-clinching win, Curry was named the first Magic Johnson Western Conference finals MVP, averaging 23.8 points per game and converting 42% from three-point range in the series. Klay Thompson missed 941 days from the basketball court after suffering a catastrophic ACL injury in his left knee before eventually tearing his right Achilles tendon while scrimmaging in 2020.

Zach Harper breaks down the key player and more from Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.

The Celtics have been winning the war of attrition with their march through Milwaukee and possibly Miami. Both the Heat and Celtics are physical, but both teams are beat up, and the Warriors will hope to run them enough to exacerbate their exhaustion even more. The Heat look like they’re struggling to find themselves at the end of the Eastern Conference finals. When Thompson hit that 3-pointer, it pushed the lead to 15 points, and about a minute later, Steph Curry hit a 3-pointer in the corner to increase the lead. 3) Will they feel complacent and like they’ve arrived now that they’ve made the conference finals? They gave up just seven points off turnovers in their Game 5 win to close out the series. Seven of his 18 rebounds came on the offensive end of the floor.

Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II, who fractured his elbow in Round 2 against the Memphis Grizzlies after Dillon Brooks clubbed him mid-air, ...

But that’s in the past.” Charania reports there's optimism from the Warriors Payton could be back as soon as Game 1. Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II, who fractured his elbow in Round 2 against the Memphis Grizzlies after Dillon Brooks clubbed him mid-air, will return to action for the NBA Finals, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.