Golden State Warriors

Stephen Curry was determined to keep his team afloat in Game 4 and did so with 43 points despite a nagging foot injury.

Tied at two, this series has now has the chance to go seven games and if Golden State can hold onto home court advantage after re-gaining it, they'll have an excellent shot of winning their fourth championship. Taking out Boston, 107-97, the Warriors re-establish home court advantage as they head home to Chase Center for Game 5. A lot of talk over the last 48 hours about how we can get back into this series," Curry said during his on-court interview after the game.

Steph Curry is officially available for Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday night between the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors.

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. Game 5 of the series will be back at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California. Curry had injured his foot at the end of Game 3, but lucky for him and Warriors fans it was not serious, and he will be in the starting lineup for Game 4.

BOSTON (AP) Stephen Curry scored 43 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 107-97 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on ...

Williams was listed as questionable coming into the game with the knee injury that kept him out at the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs. Boston's got the best defense in the league - huge and powerful at every position, and for Steph to take that kind of pressure all game long and still be able to defend ... I think this is the strongest physically he's ever been in his career.'' Curry scored 14 points in the quarter, making four 3-pointers. Curry's ankle was an issue coming into the night after Boston's Al Horford landed on it late in Game 3. ''This is a tough series for him to score because of Boston's size and athleticism, but he's still impacting the game at a huge level.'' The amped-up crowd spent much of the game booing Green, chanting an obscenity at him that is usually reserved for Bucky Dent, and jeering his many misses. Marcus Smart, who scored 18 points, hit a 3-pointer to give the Celtics a 94-90 lead with just over five minutes remaining. Andrew Wiggins had 17 points and 16 boards for the Warriors, who have won at least one road game for 27 consecutive playoff series. There was a blank rectangle where the 18th would go. ''He's the ultimate competitor. ''We had to do it the difficult way,'' said Celtics coach Ime Udoka, whose team split the first four games in each of its previous two series. We've got to help him out on Monday.''

Steph Curry produced a 43-point masterpiece Friday to will the Golden State Warriors to a 107-97 Game 4 victory over the Boston Celtics and level the series ...

"It's just special to watch what he does," Thompson added. "I mean, this was nearly a must-win game," Thompson told reporters. But it wasn't just his remarkable efficiency in front of a raucous Boston crowd that made this performance special.

The NBA Finals return to Chase Center for a pivotal Game 5 matchup between the Warriors and Celtics.

Marcus Smart, Derrick White and Al Horford also have had their moments offensively for the Celtics in the Finals, who as a team are shooting 49 percent in their wins and 39 percent in their losses. He’s averaging 34.3 points while shooting over 49 percent (both overall and on 3-pointers), and he’s made no fewer than five threes in any game in these Finals. Should he keep up at this pace, this will be Curry’s highest scoring performance in his NBA Finals career, and the third highest scoring postseason series overall. He’s averaging 3.0 blocks per game and has the second best average plus-minus rating (+5.0) among players who play at least 15 minutes a game in this series, trailing only Looney. The Celtics have been the best road team during this postseason, and they’ll need that to ring true at least one more time to keep their Championship hopes alive. AST: Tatum (6.2) Wiggins has been dealt the tough task of defending Boston’s All-NBA star Jayson Tatum. And just as he did against Luka Doncic in the Western Conference Finals, Wiggins is making Tatum work for everything he gets in The Finals. Tatum is averaging 22.3 points while shooting 34.1 percent from the field, down from the 27.0 points on 44.6 percent shooting he had through the first three rounds of the postseason. In fact, the Warriors have outscored the Celtics by a single point (422-421) through the first four games. Curry made seven threes in the game and Andrew Wiggins had 17 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in the win, which tied the series up at 2-2. AST: Green (6.2) Stephen Curry had 43 points and the Warriors ended a tightly contested game with a 17-3 run to win Game 4, 107-97, in Boston on Friday night. The Warriors have won the third quarter in each of the first four games of the series and are a cumulative plus-49 in that period for the series, but Boston rode dominant fourth quarters to each of their wins in Games 1 and 3. AST: 27.2 (1st) The Dubs have gone 10-1 at home this postseason, and with three games at most left in the series, the Warriors can and will use any edge they can with each team two wins away from an NBA Championship. If Monday’s Game 5 plays out anything like the first four games, it will be decided in the second half, as the team who has won the second half has won each of the first four games in the series.

It's 2-1. Boston has not won the title yet, nor has Golden State lost it. The Warriors have, thus far, the best player in the series, and a top-two defence ...

The Warriors have, thus far, the best player in the series, and a top-two defence in the league. If you’re like me and grabbed Boston to win the title at +400 or so during the first round, now wouldn’t be a terrible time to hedge on Golden State (+190). I hate hedging though. I still really like Grant Williams OVER 0.5 made threes, a bet that’s cashed in 15 of 21 games so far this post-season. It’s still feeling like Boston’s series, but every minute that goes by I feel more and more confident we’re going to see a Game 7. Keep a close eye on Steph Curry’s movement early in Game 4. I think the Warriors hit back tonight. This series has the same kind of back-and-forth slugfest vibe as Boston-Miami did. The good news for Golden State fans is that means he can only improve. They occur on a continuum, and can affect a person's whole life. I have watched the entirety of Draymond Green’s career. Worse than anything he did when he was a rookie, miscast as a traditional small forward in Mark Jackson’s outdated system. Worse than anything he did this season while recovering from a back injury.

The Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors face off on Monday at Chase Center in San Francisco in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

Marcus Smart, Derrick White and Al Horford also have had their moments offensively for the Celtics in the Finals, who as a team are shooting 49 percent in their wins and 39 percent in their losses. Tipico has no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent on or linked to the newsrooms or news coverage. The site predicts that Golden State will win Game 5 vs. Gannett may earn revenue from Tipico for audience referrals to betting services. It writes: "Throughout these playoffs, the Celtics have had up and down performances, but they’ve always found a way to bounce back. He’s averaging 3.0 blocks per game and has the second best average plus-minus rating (+5.0) among players who play at least 15 minutes a game in this series, trailing only Looney. The Celtics have been the best road team during this postseason, and they’ll need that to ring true at least one more time to keep their Championship hopes alive." Everyone will want to get on the Steph bandwagon. The Celtics continue to be led by Tatum and fellow wing Jaylen Brown, each of whom are averaging 22.3 points this series. Devon Platana writes: "The Chase Center can be a tough place to play for visiting teams and that's only going to be more difficult with the building buzzing following Curry's Game 4 showing. It predicts that the point total on Monday will go over. Look for that action to move the number on Golden State." He’s carrying the Warriors on his back, bad leg and all.

Late in the third quarter of Game 2 of the NBA Finals, Jayson Tatum came off a screen from Al Horford and walked himself right into a wide-open three ...

After being outscored by a combined 14 points in the first two games, though, the Horford-Williams lineups were plus-12 in Game 3, and the duo was able to leverage its size advantage repeatedly in the second half. The Celtics show an occasional and frustrating tendency to collapse into what could charitably be described as nonsense offense, and, much like their opponents in this series, they turn the ball over with maddening frequency. 1 in the series opener, according to Cleaning the Glass, to just 77.1 points per 100 in Game 2 — and in Golden State’s evening the series at one game apiece. That trio has shot just 6 of 19 from deep in the two games since combining to go 15 of 23 in Game 1, but Brown and Tatum joined the fun and combined to knock down 7 of 17 treys in Game 3. Boston has shot 49 of 113 (43.4 percent) from three through three games, even shooting well from deep (15 of 37) in its Game 2 loss. Tatum, in particular, has done well to read the help defense Golden State has sent his way, and in Game 3, he made several excellent passes as soon as the helper took a step toward him. The Celtics’ seven second-half offensive rebounds were particularly impactful, with the Williamses (no relation) creating multiple second-chance opportunities that resulted in layups, fouls or both; and Boston’s overall willingness to hit the floor and fight for loose balls saved multiple possessions from defensive boards or turnovers. In each of the most recent two games, it’s been at a rate higher than what Golden State allowed its opponents during the regular season. Late in the third quarter of Game 2 of the NBA Finals, Jayson Tatum came off a screen from Al Horford and walked himself right into a wide-open three pointer that splashed through the net. Some of that interior effectiveness can be attributed to Kevon Looney’s minutes being cut with each successive game, as well as to Draymond Green’s foul trouble and lethargy. It was admirable that Curry (for the most part) did not simply get bowled over by Tatum and Brown, but there were several occasions where he could not keep them out of the paint. The camera immediately flashed to Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who was incensed on the sideline.

For the second time in these NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors find themselves in a must-win situation. Yeah, I get it, they're not technically facing ...

As one of the few guys capable of containing penetration and disrupting Boston's creators, his defense is vital, but he's not a shooter that Boston is going to give two thoughts to tracking, so he mucks up the spacing. But at least one of them has to play big on Friday. Poole getting hot or Payton turning up the defense makes the Warriors a different team. Curry is a solid defender in a fair fight, but he's small, and the Celtics took full advantage of that on switches multiple times in Game 3 with Al Horford and Marcus Smart post-ups. All of this is to say, if Green, one of Golden State's few truly dependable defenders, is also getting beat, the Warriors really have no chance. The team that has won the turnover battle has won each of the first three games in this series. Point-of-attack defense is a major problem for Golden State in this series. It's not like they haven't been able to score, particularly when Curry is on the court, when they pull it back and run their offense. Golden State always walks a fine risk-reward line, and it's understandable that they would want to press their luck in search of easy baskets against a Boston defense that becomes a monster when it's set. The Warriors know all too well that only one team in history has overcome a 3-1 deficit to win the Finals. That was the Cavs in 2016. It's already a steep enough climb that Golden State has to win three of the next four games against a Celtics team that looks increasingly superior as this series progresses. But if they go down 3-1 with another loss on Friday, this series is done, just as it would've been over had the Warriors dropped Game 2, as no team in history has recovered to win the Finals after losing the first two games at home. For the second time in these NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors find themselves in a must-win situation.

Jayson Tatum had 23 points and 11 rebounds, but managed just one basket while playing the entire fourth quarter. Jaylen Brown scored 21 points and Robert ...

Curry scored 14 points in the quarter, making four 3-pointers. Williams was listed as questionable coming into the game with the knee injury that kept him out at the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs. The amped-up crowd spent much of the game booing Warriors big man Draymond Green, chanting an obscenity at him that is usually reserved for Bucky Dent, and jeering his many misses.

BOSTON — With eight minutes remaining in a tied Game 4 of the NBA Finals, Golden State Warriors forward Nemanja Bjelica threw an inbounds pass directly to ...

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Nothing is easy against the Celtics, but a legendary Curry Flurry kept Golden State alive.

Curry said that, even though Golden State had a poor start offensively, the tone of the game was completely different from the previous one: "It wasn't a perfect first quarter, but we gave ourselves enough life." There were also Games 2 and 5 of the Finals, both in Toronto, both narrow, gutsy victories against an opponent that was ahead in the series and pulling out every defensive trick in the book. The Celtics' defense blends the best attributes of those Rockets (switchability) and those Raptors (intelligence). It has pushed Kerr to an uncomfortable place, where every lineup decision is a bet on Golden State either circumventing a spacing issue or scrounging up just enough stops to survive. That was its first experience on this stage, and it was down 2-1 against the Cleveland Cavaliers before it won three straight. Looney's layup turned a one-possession game into a two-possession game, and it deflated a crowd that was ready to explode. "The heart on that man is incredible," Thompson said.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James sent out a great tweet about the Golden State Warriors. On Friday night, they beat the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of ...

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. The two teams are each 1-1 at home during the series. Steph Curry was the star of the night scoring 43 points and grabbing ten rebounds.

Steph Curry dominated Game 4 with 43 points against the Celtics to tie the series, marking the 27th consecutive playoff series the Warriors have won a road ...

But the gamble worked. He was trapped at the free throw line. Otherwise Bjelica is just big and strong enough to take away Tatum’s finishing moves. June 11, 2022 at 3:23 AM UTC Boston had to settle for two rushed 3s that missed. June 11, 2022 at 3:23 AM UTC This was among the most impressive and insane road wins of this era. That's a 27th consecutive playoff series the Warriors have won a road game. June 11, 2022 at 3:54 AM UTC Steph. It’s a truly even matchup. June 11, 2022 at 4:15 AM UTC Game 5 will be played in San Francisco. Follow our live coverage here.

Golden State fans were quick to jump back online after a 43-point performance from Steph Curry in a Game 4 win to mock a Boston bar.

He finished 14-for-26 from the field and a scintillating 7-for-14 from three, plus somehow also found time to pull down 10 boards and dish four assists in the Dubs' 107-97 victory. Johnson's tweet went viral during the middle of the day, but Ayesha was the one trending after the game as fan after fan tweeted some variation of "Ayesha Curry can't cook ... but Steph can." Game On! at Fenway Park, which bills itself as "Boston’s most unique sports bar, equipped with ping pong, corn hole and the Fenway Park batting cage," scribbled "Ayesha Curry can't cook" on a sandwich board sign outside the bar, spotted by NBC Sports Bay Area's Dalton Johnson mid-day Friday.

Grading Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and the rest of the Golden State Warriors in the team's 107-97 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the 2022 NBA ...

Poole certainly had his fair share of great moments in this game, but the overall impact wasn’t very strong. When the team needed him most, he reminded the world that he’s nat just one of the greatest Warriors, and not just one of the best players alive, but one of the greatest players of all time. He kept the Warriors afloat with offensive rebounds and putbacks. Grade: A+ Grade: B His shooting continues to be fairly inefficient, but each game he finds a way to provide something that the team desperately needs. When the team had their backs fully against the wall, he stepped up with one of the greatest NBA Finals performances in recent memory. Grade: B He killed Boston’s momentum with defensive rebounds in traffic. Grade: A+ Well, the Golden State Warriors did it. Grade: B-

According to Sean Deveney of Heavy.com, an NBA executive offered up a hypothetical trade idea that would send Toronto Raptors forward OG Anunoby to the ...

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. Meanwhile, Anunoby is one of the best defenders in the Eastern Conference, and he averaged 17.1 points per game this season for the Raptors (who lost in the first-round of the playoffs to the Philadelphia 76ers). Wiseman did not play in a game this season due to injury, and Kuminga 9.3 points per game during the regular season.